hard-charging

adjective

US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive

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Pat Bradley sinks a 12-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat hard-charging Japanese veteran Ayako Okamoto in the LPGA-du Maurier tournament. Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026 During his time in the Senate, Brattin previously served as a member of the Conservative Caucus, which rebranded as the Missouri Freedom Caucus, a group of hard-charging lawmakers that pushed GOP leadership to be more conservative. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026 Indeed, these pages have numerous examples of hard-charging entrepreneurs hell-bent on pushing boundaries. Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Among them is Kyoko (Yu Aoi), a hard-charging TV news reporter, who, at the crime scene, is reunited with detective Kenji Okamoto (Shun Oguri), her former lover, freshly pulled off suspension to work the case. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 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 5 Aug. 2026.

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