hard-driving

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The result can be heard in songs like the hard-driving “Is It Real?” in which Hollywell roars about mental illness and divine intervention, while Santos coats it all in steel honey.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The original movie, which was based on the best-selling 2003 novel of the same name, focused on the world of Miranda Priestly, the hard-driving, taste-making editor of the fictional Runway magazine.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

“Three for the Festival,” in the Village set, is classic Kirk: It’s a hard-driving blues that starts with a forceful piano introduction by Jane Getz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

The hard-driving presence of bandleader and narrator Jeb Brown suffuses the production with Americana authenticity, vibrantly maintained by music director Rebekah Bruce and music supervisor Dean Sharenow.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

I was either hard-driving and angry or, with my garden and messages about healthy eating, I was a disappointment to feminists, lacking a certain stridency.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama