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headlong

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


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“It looks like they’re running headlong into a brick wall,” Valatsas said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 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

Both Liberty Energy and ProPetro, best known for their expertise in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have jumped headlong into the data- center game.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

The rabbit who was coming was running in a curious, headlong manner.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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