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breakneck

[breyk-nek] / ˈbreɪkˌnɛk /


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Militaries worldwide are grappling with breakneck technological change and the lessons from Ukraine and the Persian Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

A legal fight between MP Materials and USA Rare Earth complicates the breakneck effort to loosen China’s hold over critical materials.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

China's economy -- second in size only to that of the United States -- has struggled in recent years to keep up with the breakneck pace of development it maintained in previous decades.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

There’s a wonderful verve to Early’s filmmaking, allowing what would otherwise come off as breakneck tonal shifts to feel remarkably earned.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Through technological advances in communication our planet is in the final stages of being bound up at a breakneck pace into a single global society.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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