hard-charging
adjective
US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive
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But based on evidence that included Musk’s testimony during a 2022 trial, McCormick ruled the pay package had been crafted by a board that was too cozy and beholden to the hard-charging Musk.
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Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2025
But doing so would open the door for those hard-charging Texans.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
After a hard-charging day on the trails, nothing feels better than slipping into these fleecey, cloud-like slippers.
—Kristen Geil, Outside, 8 Dec. 2025
He was almost sacked again on second down, but managed to wriggle away from the Dolphins’ hard-charging outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2025
But doing so would open the door for those hard-charging Texans.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
After a hard-charging day on the trails, nothing feels better than slipping into these fleecey, cloud-like slippers.
—Kristen Geil, Outside, 8 Dec. 2025
He was almost sacked again on second down, but managed to wriggle away from the Dolphins’ hard-charging outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 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 29 Dec. 2025.
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