hard-charging
adjective
US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive
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Road-course racing is much more about hard-charging precision as the field gets spread out, which can feel more about racing against the track than the other drivers at times.
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg got past Lance Stroll, then held a hard-charging Lewis Hamilton at bay for the final chapter of the race to secure third place.
—ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
Combs 'Bootleggers' fan club inspire a hard-charging performance Few live artists in the modern era charge through the first half of a live set like Combs.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
But the incident with the U.S. Navy, which hasn’t previously been reported, has spotlighted the risks brought by a new generation of hard-charging military startups seeking Pentagon contracts while hyping their companies to Silicon Valley investors, sometimes at the expense of physical safety.
—David Jeans, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg got past Lance Stroll, then held a hard-charging Lewis Hamilton at bay for the final chapter of the race to secure third place.
—ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
Combs 'Bootleggers' fan club inspire a hard-charging performance Few live artists in the modern era charge through the first half of a live set like Combs.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
But the incident with the U.S. Navy, which hasn’t previously been reported, has spotlighted the risks brought by a new generation of hard-charging military startups seeking Pentagon contracts while hyping their companies to Silicon Valley investors, sometimes at the expense of physical safety.
—David Jeans, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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“Hard-charging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-charging. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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