Tom Perez

From the new hate crimes law to the repeal of DOMA and 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' to the emerging popular support for marriage equality, we are making progress at breakneck speed. As someone who has dedicated most of my career to civil rights law, I am deeply moved by this sea change and proud to have done my part.

American Politician

Michael Burry

Innovation, especially in America, is continuing at a breakneck pace, even in areas facing substantial political or regulatory headwinds. The advances in health care in particular are breathtaking - so many selfless souls are working to advance science, and this is heartening.

American Businessman

Paulette Goddard

I love doing TV. It's such a breakneck pace, you know. It's kiss and go with your leading man. You meet them in the morning and go right into a clinch. The filming is over before you know their last names.

American Actress

George Blagden

Modern audiences are so intelligent. They work at such a fast pace that if you don't give enough stimulus at a breakneck speed, they will become disinterested.

English Actor

Punit Renjen

Technology is advancing at breakneck speed, upending old ways of doing business and resetting the social contract between employers and employees.

Indian Businessman

Colin Powell

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.

American Statesman

Ann Leckie

Fortunately or unfortunately, NaNoWriMo requires you to write at a breakneck pace, so I got used to just pushing on through.

American Author

Julia Hartz

Many tech companies experience steep growth curves that require them to build their teams at breakneck speeds.

American Businesswoman

Vishwajeet Pradhan

I needed a break from the breakneck speed of daily soaps.

Indian Actor

Breakneck suggests a speed so fast it could cause harm or danger.

Implies Danger

Used figuratively to describe very fast actions, not literally breaking one's neck.

Not Literal

Often used to convey a sense of urgency or the need to act quickly.

Urgency or Rush

Indicates an extreme level of effort or commitment to an activity.

Extreme Effort

Often used in professional or work contexts to emphasize intense effort in projects.

Work Context

Sometimes used as hyperbole to emphasize the high level of energy someone puts in.

Hyperbole

 and this new disease -- three and a half months, we've had it. More science has been done for this disease in this short period of time, but we don't understand fully the epidemiology of the virus, the immune response, what's protective, which is the best animal model. All of that is being worked on by science and at breakneck pace,

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 at a breakneck 5000 rotations per minute, making the solution spread out into a thin film. Here's the key part. The solution nearest the wall spins faster than the solution closer to the middle. That difference in velocity creates sheer stresses

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 still consuming plastics at a breakneck pace even though we can literally see the toll it takes on our environment and wildlife so far some 700 species of marine animals have been reported to

Breakneck

Implies Danger

Not Literal

Urgency or Rush

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