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Recent Examples of headfirst
The first four episodes of season 2 crept onto Netflix earlier this month, throwing our favorite heartless teenager (played by Jenna Ortega) headfirst into a new mystery, complete with secret experiments, ravenous zombies, and a spat of unsettling bird murders.
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Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
This year dropped me headfirst into a reality that feels more like lucid dreaming with a lighting rig.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Take a step forward and smack headfirst into a brick wall, which is how this transfer window has often seemed.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Cena rammed Cody through the chair in the corner headfirst.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
This year dropped me headfirst into a reality that feels more like lucid dreaming with a lighting rig.
—Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Take a step forward and smack headfirst into a brick wall, which is how this transfer window has often seemed.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Cena rammed Cody through the chair in the corner headfirst.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headfirst
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He was convicted in October 2022 on six counts first-degree intentional homicide, 61 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, six counts of hit and run involving death and two counts of bail jumping, all felonies, plus one count of misdemeanor battery.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Huger was ultimately charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Panicked over his wife, Penny, nearing death, John acted impulsively to try and protect the truth about his wife’s murder from getting out.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
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These two strains cross paths when Prodigy founder Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin) impulsively sends his hybrids to investigate the Maginot wreck and recover its cargo.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Those ideals are running headlong into worker grievances over pay and pensions that were sacrificed last decade in long-term contracts that brought years of labor peace.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
25 Aug. 2025
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Episode 4 finds both Ellen and Julia throwing themselves headlong into plans that require them to keep up major ruses.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
22 Aug. 2025
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Lowell jumped on the bandwagon and hurriedly so, bankrolling and putting himself in charge of an expedition to Arizona territory to set up a telescope ahead of Mars nearing the Earth in 1894.—
Maren Longbella,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Another photo shows Brown looking back while hurriedly carrying two bags through airport security.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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Public health and addiction experts continue to study why overdoses are falling so precipitously.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
30 Aug. 2025
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Suddenly, around 32 miles southwest of Marfa, the pavement ends, the ground drops away precipitously, and the gentle plains give way to craggy rocks and steep, dramatic mountains.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headfirst. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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