hard-charging
adjective
US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive
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Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025
He was almost sacked again on second down, but managed to wriggle away from the Dolphins’ hard-charging outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025
He was almost sacked again on second down, but managed to wriggle away from the Dolphins’ hard-charging outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
By contrast, American culture loves the idea of hard-charging business leaders who won’t take no for an answer — the kind who reject the very notion of compromise.
—Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
To try to get better acclimated to G-forces, Dias has spent time in a hard-charging plane.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard-charging
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“Hard-charging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-charging. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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