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Recent Examples of headfirst
My first time diving headfirst into the water to capture a python!
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Think quick infatuations, intense attraction and a willingness to dive headfirst into relationships and experiences.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 May 2025
The sight of brown pelicans diving headfirst into the ocean in pursuit of a meal represents one of the distinctive visual images of the California coast, their dramatic flight the highlight of a predatory mission.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Ready to dive headfirst into the Henry literary universe?
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Think quick infatuations, intense attraction and a willingness to dive headfirst into relationships and experiences.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 May 2025
The sight of brown pelicans diving headfirst into the ocean in pursuit of a meal represents one of the distinctive visual images of the California coast, their dramatic flight the highlight of a predatory mission.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Ready to dive headfirst into the Henry literary universe?
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for headfirst
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headfirst
headlong
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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 3 Jun. 2025.
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