hard-charging
adjective
US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive
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Cody Jinks knows the songs and topics on his album, Change the Game, out tomorrow (March 22), could be perceived as a bit of a departure from the hard-charging brand of country-rock his fans have come to expect.
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
Velasquez, his family and a former hard-charging Pasadena police detective had for decades maintained that Velasquez and another man, Abraham Villalobos, were innocent of the 2000 killing of a teenager in Downey.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
But his hard-charging leadership style has garnered perhaps as much attention as his track record, with some likening him to his counterpart at Tesla.
—Steve Mollman, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
But now, as the Coast Guard’s hard-charging smaller craft puts pressure on the Coast Guard fleet to make their larger, more complex ships push the performance envelope, the old fleet of mid endurance cutters must press themselves even harder to redefine the mid-endurance cutter mission.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
With a very stiff 130 flex, these are a responsive touring boot for advanced skiers looking for hard-charging, precise gear.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
But South Carolina called on its play throughout this season to hold off the hard-charging Rebels.
—Pete Iacobelli, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
The hard-charging lawyer, businessman and Massachusetts movie theater owner outmaneuvered rivals to build one of America’s premier entertainment companies.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
Ken Kelsch, the hard-charging cinematographer and Vietnam War veteran who shot the down-and-dirty classic Bad Lieutenant and 11 other features for iconoclastic director Abel Ferrara, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
Velasquez, his family and a former hard-charging Pasadena police detective had for decades maintained that Velasquez and another man, Abraham Villalobos, were innocent of the 2000 killing of a teenager in Downey.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
But his hard-charging leadership style has garnered perhaps as much attention as his track record, with some likening him to his counterpart at Tesla.
—Steve Mollman, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
But now, as the Coast Guard’s hard-charging smaller craft puts pressure on the Coast Guard fleet to make their larger, more complex ships push the performance envelope, the old fleet of mid endurance cutters must press themselves even harder to redefine the mid-endurance cutter mission.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
With a very stiff 130 flex, these are a responsive touring boot for advanced skiers looking for hard-charging, precise gear.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
But South Carolina called on its play throughout this season to hold off the hard-charging Rebels.
—Pete Iacobelli, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
The hard-charging lawyer, businessman and Massachusetts movie theater owner outmaneuvered rivals to build one of America’s premier entertainment companies.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
Ken Kelsch, the hard-charging cinematographer and Vietnam War veteran who shot the down-and-dirty classic Bad Lieutenant and 11 other features for iconoclastic director Abel Ferrara, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
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