How to Use full steam/speed ahead in a Sentence

full steam/speed ahead

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  • But Chanel, for one, is already barreling full steam ahead.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The public and private sector are together moving full speed ahead to develop AI for India.
    Bryan Penprase, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The directive is clear: to run full speed ahead and put more AI in more things.
    Allison Johnson, The Verge, 11 May 2024
  • With awards season full steam ahead, the Grammys are next in line.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
  • While some members of the public were skeptical, many urged the council to go full speed ahead with the project.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
  • Even with these red flags in front of her face, AD is moving full steam ahead with her engagement with Clay.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2024
  • There’s no pressure to gallop off into the sunset full speed ahead.
    Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The Musical is ready to run full steam ahead — wearing a pair of stilettos, mind you — into 2024.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2023
  • In other words, full speed ahead. Which is exactly the problem.
    Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Amazon‘s Latin America branch is going full steam ahead with its true crime projects.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
  • The suspension, while compliant and not too stiff, can loosen teeth if a wheel takes a pothole full steam ahead.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Sources say that Spider-Man 4 is running, not crawling, full steam ahead and will shoot early next year.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
  • October was all about cranking the oven and going full steam ahead on fall baking.
    Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The white Marguerite Daisy (shown here) or more common Shasta Daisy has pure white flowers that come in full speed ahead with summer's heat.
    Erynn Hassinger, Country Living, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Heesen is moving full speed ahead with a game-changing superyacht.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Wednesday, Bell said the first team meeting would largely outline the new rules before moving full steam ahead.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2023
  • This Paige vest is the perfect cut to wear on its own, amping up the sexiness factor and sending you full steam ahead into the new season.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Despite a few big donors pushing for a pause on the process, the Democratic party on Monday was full steam ahead with its new frontrunner.
    Brian Schwartz,rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 23 July 2024
  • Over a round of golf with some boys from Suzaku Financial, Tozawa moves full steam ahead with his plan to acquire influence.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Adobe is full speed ahead toward a future in generative AI products—and finance will be a big part of this journey.
    Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • In Massachusetts, hospital revenue and costs have increased full steam ahead over the past decade.
    Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 2 Oct. 2023
  • With both historic labor strikes over, Hollywood is moving on full steam ahead with award season.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Congressional Democrats appear to still be moving full steam ahead with their calls for President Joe Biden to stand aside and allow a new leader to step up.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 July 2024
  • Meanwhile, Boeing is telling suppliers full speed ahead.
    Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 2 May 2024
  • Despite the backlash from Simmons, the Wolper Organization’s biopic appears to be moving full steam ahead.
    Julia MacCary, Variety, 4 May 2024
  • Two years in, the Academy Film Museum is rolling full steam ahead with a new programming director and a packed slate of upcoming films for the winter season.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But with the 68-year-old veteran chief hinting at an impending retirement, the bank’s board of directors is going full steam ahead on its hunt for a successor.
    Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 8 July 2024
  • The White House wants the American people to see a win, and so goes full steam ahead in its race to be the first country to send a man to the moon more than a decade since the communist nation sent the first artificial satellite into orbit in 1957.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 12 July 2024
  • Still, Haley is moving full steam ahead, planning travel to Iowa and New Hampshire, two other early primary states.
    ABC News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Even as some marques are slowing their EV development schedule, Audi appears to be moving full speed ahead.
    Karl Brauer, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024

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