hard-charging
adjective
US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive
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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.
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Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Just ask Dan Campbell’s hard-charging Detroit Lions, who at one point had 21 players on IR last year and got upset in the playoffs because they’d been ravaged by injuries.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Houston’s long-standing lead in the American League West is threatened not only by the loss of their star closer but also by the hard-charging Seattle Mariners – a team determined to win its first pennant.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
But Leitersdorf—born in Israel, raised in Palo Alto, and who earned his doctorate by 23—approaches that ambition with a hard-charging, exuberant confidence.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
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Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Just ask Dan Campbell’s hard-charging Detroit Lions, who at one point had 21 players on IR last year and got upset in the playoffs because they’d been ravaged by injuries.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Houston’s long-standing lead in the American League West is threatened not only by the loss of their star closer but also by the hard-charging Seattle Mariners – a team determined to win its first pennant.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
But Leitersdorf—born in Israel, raised in Palo Alto, and who earned his doctorate by 23—approaches that ambition with a hard-charging, exuberant confidence.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Hard-charging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-charging. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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