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Recent Examples of headfirst
The 12-hour time difference didn’t stop him from diving headfirst into the moment, jumping on the bed, playfully unfurling the pieces and directing camera cuts.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Collins went to the ground headfirst and, after being helped to the sideline and evaluated in the medical tent, was eventually carted to the locker room.
—Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The trailer for Anderson .Paak’s K-pop-centric film, K-Pops!, has dropped, showing the Grammy Award-winning singer diving headfirst into the world of Korean music competition shows.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Zavala, like Alexandre, quit her job a year and a half ago and jumped in headfirst.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Collins went to the ground headfirst and, after being helped to the sideline and evaluated in the medical tent, was eventually carted to the locker room.
—Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The trailer for Anderson .Paak’s K-pop-centric film, K-Pops!, has dropped, showing the Grammy Award-winning singer diving headfirst into the world of Korean music competition shows.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Zavala, like Alexandre, quit her job a year and a half ago and jumped in headfirst.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headfirst
Adverb
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The neighbors say that motorcycle enthusiasts regularly drive recklessly and noisily along RM 2222 west of Loop 360 and that officers have not been able to reign in the behavior under existing city rules.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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Police said Odom was driving more than 40 mph over the speed limit and recklessly changing lanes when he was pulled over.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
6 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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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
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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
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Boy and girl marry and plunge headlong into a torrid, 200-year romance.—
Reshma Gopaldas,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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Sure enough, a big rock upended from beneath my toe and sent me lurching headlong to the water.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But once the suggestion was made, Vic, Bernie, and Don hurriedly made two of them by fastening rags around the end of poles, soaking them with gas, and lighting them.—
Doris DeCleene,
Outdoor Life,
25 Feb. 2026
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The legislature hurriedly endorsed the sale during a special session in 2024, adopting enabling legislation required to to allow an unregulated, nonprofit company to buy a regulated water utility.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Its shares initially soared before falling precipitously since its debut.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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Those calls intensified as the temperature precipitously dropped and several people died because of the cold, despite none of the 20 who died lived in an encampment.—
Deborah Berkman,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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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
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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
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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headfirst. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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