How to Use hard-charging in a Sentence
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That was the type of hard-charging run the Bears haven’t had nearly enough of.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024
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SpaceX has long had a hard-charging culture instilled by Musk since the founding of the company.
—Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
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Still, the hard-charging producer behind some of the biggest hits of the ’80s and ’90s was attempting to mount a comeback.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
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But South Carolina called on its play throughout this season to hold off the hard-charging Rebels.
—Pete Iacobelli, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2024
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In this case, Murphy gives the group a hard-charging edge presence who should be stout against the run while developing his pass-rush plan. 9.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
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Colombia owed its wins over South Korea and Germany partly to a hard-charging style.
—Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
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Where to Play Skiing the Minturn Mile, an out-of-bounds run that spans three miles and drops 3,000 vertical feet, is a right of passage for hard-charging locals.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2024
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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
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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.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Still, in the past 2 ½ years, Willis has gained a reputation as a hard-charging prosecutor.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
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With a very stiff 130 flex, these are a responsive touring boot for advanced skiers looking for hard-charging, precise gear.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
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Karp also brought in Quinn Emanuel—a firm that, like Williams & Connolly, is famed for its hard-charging litigation.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
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And without having to deal with the timing of a snap and hold, or fear of hard-charging opponents seeking to block the kick, Dicker knocked it through the uprights, cutting Denver's lead to 21-13.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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That’s only now become a reality thanks to grass-roots efforts and hard-charging surfers.
—Jeré Longman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
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Moore hit a ball out to shallow left in the top of the seventh inning that hard-charging Royals left fielder MJ Melendez was unable to field cleanly.
—Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
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The hard-charging Korean brand renames and redesigns its compact sedan.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
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Sullivan, 60, is the hard-charging businessman, stocky, direct and blunt.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025
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Cody Jinks knows the songs and topics on his album, Change the Game, out tomorrow (March 22), could be perceived as a bit of a departure from the hard-charging brand of country-rock his fans have come to expect.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
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Jim is hard-charging, the tech type who demands some impossible-to-produce prototype land on his desk by Friday.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
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Arcangelo held off a hard-charging pack of four horses to win, with betting favorite Forte coming on for second.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 10 June 2023
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But Hamas’s attacks of late last year, and Israel’s hard-charging military response in Gaza, have exploded tensions in the region.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 29 Nov. 2024
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For all his hard-charging obsessiveness, Stanton has a softer side.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024
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Deep self-examination doesn’t always come easy to hard-charging CEOs.
—Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
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His second win in the Travers, against a hard-charging Thorpedo Anna who very nearly ran him down, was narrow, to put it diplomatically.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Sun Valley is intended to be a retreat for hard-charging executives, filled with barbecues, bike rides and hikes.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 June 2025
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This week’s crop of new music finds Luke Combs and Bailey Zimmerman pairing up on a hard-charging anthem about grit and determination.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 5 May 2025
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The manager is known for his hard-charging attitude and has detractors as well as some defenders in Hollywood.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
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But his hard-charging leadership style has garnered perhaps as much attention as his track record, with some likening him to his counterpart at Tesla.
—Steve Mollman, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
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Despite the heroic efforts of the Mitsubishi public-relations department, the Starion's replacement missed most of the hard-charging two-lane stuff.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
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This is an excellent middle-of-the-road boot for a beginner-to-intermediate downhill skier who doesn’t need a super soft boot, but isn’t in the market for a hard-charging model.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
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