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headlong

[hed-lawng, -long] / ˈhɛdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /


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But the race to deploy AI agents is running headlong into a scramble for the chips and energy needed to power them.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

But that’s not stopping the companies developing quantum hardware and software from speeding headlong into the public markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

That has left the stock market searching for direction after a torrid multiyear rally driven by artificial-intelligence mania has run headlong into the largest oil-supply disruption in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

‘Well, of course it’s not necessary—but it might be a good thing. Why so headlong? No sense in starting out this time of day.’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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