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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

They amassed enough signatures late last year to qualify their proposal for this November’s ballot, launching New England’s most populous state headlong into the debate over whether policing rent helps tenants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

It’s fun, headlong reading with a shot of melancholy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

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

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

But before I went headlong into the dirt, Daddy caught me by the back of my shirt, pulled me right up, and set me on my feet.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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