as in recklessly
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Recent Examples of headfirst
Despite the issues with Burgin, Jackson has dived headfirst into being a working mom and found joy on the journey.
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 May 2025
Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Echo Pro is made by Dutch startup headfirst.
—Ben Coxworth
may 16, New Atlas, 16 May 2025
She’s happily focused on her career, until another woman in her training cohort, Vanessa Ford, identifies something in Joan that Joan was wholly unaware of—and soon, the two fall headfirst for each other.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
My first time diving headfirst into the water to capture a python!
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
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Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 May 2025
Currently the subject of a Kickstarter campaign, the Echo Pro is made by Dutch startup headfirst.
—Ben Coxworth
may 16, New Atlas, 16 May 2025
She’s happily focused on her career, until another woman in her training cohort, Vanessa Ford, identifies something in Joan that Joan was wholly unaware of—and soon, the two fall headfirst for each other.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
My first time diving headfirst into the water to capture a python!
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for headfirst
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headfirst
headlong
Adverb
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Hopes for a spring bounce have run headlong into economic turmoil.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
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The Devils barrels headlong into campy, often overbearing jokiness, with too many catchphrases and one-liners repeated too often that never quite land the way Logen’s do in The First Law, or Glokta’s for that matter.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headfirst. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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