headlong

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At the same time, influencers became the dominant force in marketing, more so than brands, and the appeal of ethical consumerism ran headlong into an economy battered by the pandemic and inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

But instead, Tatum became the ultimate test of O’Malley’s fix-it-fast approach—by diving headlong into rehab to return before the playoffs in true All-Star form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

But the audaciousness is always in service of capturing the headlong rush of new love, the characters as giddy as the filmmaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Saturday's Anfield horror show at the hands of Nottingham Forest was a headlong fall into the abyss.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

There they crashed headlong into the source of the bellowing: a tall woman in a fur cape, who now lay sprawled on the floor with three orange-splattered ghosts hovering above her.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood