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Recent Examples of headfirst
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.
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Calling all anime fans, season 3 of Jujutsu Kaisen is set to dive headfirst into the Culling Game arc, one of the most complex and high-stakes chapters in the series.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Louis McCartney, who hurls himself headfirst into Stranger Things: The First Shadow, giving the blockbuster stage event its bruised, human center.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Calling all anime fans, season 3 of Jujutsu Kaisen is set to dive headfirst into the Culling Game arc, one of the most complex and high-stakes chapters in the series.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Louis McCartney, who hurls himself headfirst into Stranger Things: The First Shadow, giving the blockbuster stage event its bruised, human center.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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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Officers had been called to a gas station, also on Linden Street, for a report of someone driving recklessly and a possible physical dispute.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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The same way Tony played recklessly.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 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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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
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At today's prices, gold investing isn't something retirees can afford to treat casually or impulsively.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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In the race to build the most powerful coding model, OpenAI has run headlong into the risks of releasing it.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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For its part, the Post has run headlong into battle with the most powerful politician in the state and one of the most visible figures in Democratic politics.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The others are hurriedly opening your food.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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His eyes strained to decipher the hurriedly ornate calligraphy, which often bled to the other side of the sheet, making the documents even harder to read.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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What began as an emergency measure cannot become a convenient default whenever there is snow on the ground or temperatures drop precipitously.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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New iterations and versions of AI systems have caused usage fees to fall precipitously, which the AVA team sees as a key advantage of AI tools given limited court budgets.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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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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Both teachers’ absences — and the district’s handling of the fallout — have sparked a months-long uproar, with parents alleging the district acted rashly and with little transparency.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headfirst. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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