fast-breaking

[ fast-brey-king, fahst- ]

adjective

(of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.

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They can be called upon to tutor candidates on issues, prep them for debates and help them respond to fast-breaking news.
Vin Weber, Top Romney Adviser, Lobbying for Ukraine Group | Eli Lake | July 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Once more they made for the wreck, which was by that time fast breaking up.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne
Our English plan of Poor Laws, which we once piqued ourselves upon as sovereign, is evidently fast breaking down.
Latter-Day Pamphlets | Thomas Carlyle
The garrison were fast breaking down, not so much under the pressure from without as the pressure from within.
History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. I (of 3) | Sir John William Kaye
The overcast layers that had filled the night sky were fast breaking up and dissolving into nothingness.
Dave Dawson on the Russian Front | R. Sidney Bowen

The representatives present were glad to see that "the old martinet system was fast breaking down."
The History of the British Post Office | Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

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