hard-charging
adjective
US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive
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Reddick held off hard-charging Shane van Gisbergen over the final 20 laps at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday to become the first Cup Series driver to win the first three races of the season.
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Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Humility as a first-time father in his 50s have softened the hard-charging Stewart.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
After Pretti was fatally shot, Homan replaced the hard-charging Border Patrol official Greg Bovino as head of the Minnesota operation.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
How a hard-charging college student started out in the ’90s by doing natural-looking makeup for affluent women in New York City before building a brand encapsulates much more than entrepreneurialism.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
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Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Humility as a first-time father in his 50s have softened the hard-charging Stewart.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
After Pretti was fatally shot, Homan replaced the hard-charging Border Patrol official Greg Bovino as head of the Minnesota operation.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
How a hard-charging college student started out in the ’90s by doing natural-looking makeup for affluent women in New York City before building a brand encapsulates much more than entrepreneurialism.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Hard-charging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-charging. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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