hard-charging
adjective
US
: very aggressive, determined, or ambitious : hard-driving
a hard-charging young executive
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Humility as a first-time father in his 50s have softened the hard-charging Stewart.
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Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
After Pretti was fatally shot, Homan replaced the hard-charging Border Patrol official Greg Bovino as head of the Minnesota operation.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
How a hard-charging college student started out in the ’90s by doing natural-looking makeup for affluent women in New York City before building a brand encapsulates much more than entrepreneurialism.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
Tom Gustafson of Fort Lauderdale, a hard-charging guy and a target of considerable ridicule, placed Broward lawmakers in key leadership posts.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
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Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
After Pretti was fatally shot, Homan replaced the hard-charging Border Patrol official Greg Bovino as head of the Minnesota operation.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
How a hard-charging college student started out in the ’90s by doing natural-looking makeup for affluent women in New York City before building a brand encapsulates much more than entrepreneurialism.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
Tom Gustafson of Fort Lauderdale, a hard-charging guy and a target of considerable ridicule, placed Broward lawmakers in key leadership posts.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Hard-charging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-charging. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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