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Recent Examples of headfirst
Since taking over, Pohlad, has jumped headfirst into learning the business of baseball.
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2026
Sliding headfirst, which was rare at the time, was a Turner specialty.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026
There are a lot of things to consider before dropping your day job—or abandoning the hunt for a new job—and diving into self-employment headfirst.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 17 Feb. 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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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2026
Sliding headfirst, which was rare at the time, was a Turner specialty.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026
There are a lot of things to consider before dropping your day job—or abandoning the hunt for a new job—and diving into self-employment headfirst.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 17 Feb. 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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Arrington was driving recklessly before crashing into a silver car at Lake Street and Fourth Avenue South.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
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Ohio law defines murder as the purposeful causing of a death, while the lesser charge of reckless murder means the defendant acted recklessly in causing a death.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 May 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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Except rather than giving it to her, Bear impulsively uses it himself.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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Tshisekedi also suggested the sanctions reflected a broader alignment between his administration and Washington, dismissing any notion that the US had acted impulsively.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
8 May 2026
Adverb
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While the ad rates for the nightly network fare are dropping faster than Harvey Harding’s post-war Q ratings, the cost of buying time in live sports is galloping headlong in the opposite direction.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 May 2026
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The future keeps moving forward, headlong.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
21 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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And if Black passengers dared to pull the curtain aside, the dining car steward would hurriedly pull the curtain closed, or worse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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The Spaniard left hurriedly, carrying a frown that owed to a sense of injustice.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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After the Second World War, streetcar usage declined precipitously, as many white middle-class and working-class Angelenos bought automobiles and moved out of the city’s core.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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In reality, Pickle Girl had precipitously tumbled off her growth curve just months earlier.—
Rachel Tepper Paley,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 May 2026
Adverb
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But instead of responding rashly, quickly ramping up production or accelerating the buildout of alternatives, the energy sector seems to have entered a holding pattern.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
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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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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headfirst. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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