headlong
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It’s fun, headlong reading with a shot of melancholy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
Their love scene in the rain, while obviously less visually spectacular than in the film, plunges headlong into romantic cliches that manage to get the job done despite their obviousness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
Saturday's Anfield horror show at the hands of Nottingham Forest was a headlong fall into the abyss.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
A selloff that thrashed U.S. stocks and extended into international markets ran headlong Friday into one of the most powerful forces in America’s multiyear rally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 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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