headlong

Example Sentences

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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

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 Literature

Re-entry will rush headlong into the need for energy to power the AI data centers being built in the state.

From The Wall Street Journal

And if there were multiple smaller fires, that meant they could run headlong into a wall of flames any minute.

From Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times