foolhardily

Definition of foolhardilynext

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Adverb
  • Sunday, when a BSO deputy saw a white GMC van driving recklessly in the 4000 block of Southwest 33rd Avenue in West Park, according to a BSO news release issued Monday afternoon.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
  • That, and a refusal to scale recklessly.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Although their destroyer was somewhat imprudently named HMS Brazen.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2026
  • If securitization bonds are issued, funds collected from customers to repay those bonds are refunded if the commission determines the utility acted imprudently and disallows cost recovery.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • In the days after Haiti President Jovenel Moïse was brazenly shot to death in his hillside home above Port-au-Prince more than four years ago, federal agents fanned out across South Florida in search of a connection.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The bookkeeper for a private school in Lone Tree brazenly used hundreds of thousands of school funds to make 800 purchases on Amazon, vacation in Cabo San Lucas, pay off credit card debts, add a hot tub to her home, and buy a ranch, according to that school.
    Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Or, will he be inclined to rashly respond similarly to former Customs and Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem?
    Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • With Mercury going retrograde in this part of the sky on February 26, just don’t sign anything too rashly or hastily, because the potential for errors and misunderstandings is high right now.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Our next step is to understand how cells controlling hesitation interact with drugs treating ADHD and OCD, conditions where patients can respond impulsively during volatile or uncertain situations.
    Eric Yttri, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Make Impulse Purchases People with organized homes are mindful not to buy things impulsively, explains Kristen Ziegler, the founder of Minima in Richmond, Virginia.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
Adverb
  • Some are steeping themselves in traditional ingredients and cooking techniques, while others are brashly striking out to forge creative new styles.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • From their now signature hand-in-hand walk out to subtle nods and hip-check nudges between them, the years of estrangement seemed like an ancient memory, leaving in their place a dedication to playing their most beloved songs as loudly, brashly and tightly as ever.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Foolhardily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foolhardily. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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