breakneck

Example Sentences

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Detention centers are being built at breakneck speed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

When we visited the set on a recent freezing afternoon in Paju city, just north of Seoul, filming was moving at breakneck speed.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

And if they had, it was quickly overshadowed by something else in our breakneck news cycle, like FBI director Kash Patel chugging beer with the gold medal–winning men’s hockey team.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

China gained a stranglehold over the gallium market when it expanded its aluminum capacity at breakneck speed and included gallium production as part of alumina refining.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

At breakneck speed Ashima knits sweater-vests for her father, her father-in-law, her brother, her three favorite uncles.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri