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the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size
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The duo released a handful of singles during the early Sixties, but failed to make any real headway.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
Other goals include avoiding misdiagnoses, properly managing disease, identifying people for clinical trials and making headway on preventive therapies.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
In the early 1980s, officials made headway on a plan to build a subway under Wilshire.
—National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Both have split second-team reps all throughout spring camp, but neither has made enough headway to earn the job outright.
—Gabriel Duarte, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
Other goals include avoiding misdiagnoses, properly managing disease, identifying people for clinical trials and making headway on preventive therapies.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
In the early 1980s, officials made headway on a plan to build a subway under Wilshire.
—National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Both have split second-team reps all throughout spring camp, but neither has made enough headway to earn the job outright.
—Gabriel Duarte, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Headway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headway. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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headway
noun
head·way
-ˌwā 
1
: motion forward
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