breakneck
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And if they had, it was quickly overshadowed by something else in our breakneck news cycle, like FBI director Kash Patel chugging beer with the gold medal–winning men’s hockey team.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
Not caution to the wind, but ambition and daring and breakneck speed.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
China gained a stranglehold over the gallium market when it expanded its aluminum capacity at breakneck speed and included gallium production as part of alumina refining.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
That, combined with the stronger dollar, also sent oil prices plunging at breakneck speed.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
She took down their words at breakneck pace, despairing because while she was filling a page, the one before it was erased.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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