hard-charging
adjective
US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive
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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.
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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
There once was a time when Garnett Mims used his legs to evade hard-charging defenders on worn football fields across Detroit as a standout high school running back during the early 1980s for the Cooley Cardinals coached by Ernie Thomas.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Bishop’s move to the outside gave receiver Rashod Bateman the leverage to shield him from the inside, and the free offensive linemen were there to take on the hard-charging Benford.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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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
There once was a time when Garnett Mims used his legs to evade hard-charging defenders on worn football fields across Detroit as a standout high school running back during the early 1980s for the Cooley Cardinals coached by Ernie Thomas.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Bishop’s move to the outside gave receiver Rashod Bateman the leverage to shield him from the inside, and the free offensive linemen were there to take on the hard-charging Benford.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 10 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 7 Oct. 2025.
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