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Recent Examples of hotheaded
The impulsive Moon begins the day in hotheaded Aries, finding provocations everywhere.
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
She’s accompanied on her trip by Joel (Wagner Moura), a hotheaded veteran reporter who still gets an adrenaline rush from his work; Jessie (Cailee Spaeny), a cub photographer who idolizes Lee; and Sammy (Stephen McKinley Henderson), a newspaperman taking one last trip before retirement.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
The trouble is that your hotheaded intervention didn’t just change your friend’s mind about her post.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Along with Susan Storm other two main characters in the title quartet — Susan’s hotheaded brother Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch; and Reed’s best friend Ben Grimm, aka The Thing — have yet to be cast.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
She’s accompanied on her trip by Joel (Wagner Moura), a hotheaded veteran reporter who still gets an adrenaline rush from his work; Jessie (Cailee Spaeny), a cub photographer who idolizes Lee; and Sammy (Stephen McKinley Henderson), a newspaperman taking one last trip before retirement.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
The trouble is that your hotheaded intervention didn’t just change your friend’s mind about her post.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Along with Susan Storm other two main characters in the title quartet — Susan’s hotheaded brother Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch; and Reed’s best friend Ben Grimm, aka The Thing — have yet to be cast.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotheaded
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But in reality, the gang of four, led by the impetuous and imperious new Saudi crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, hoped to coerce Qatar into weakening its ties with Iran and Turkey, which are fellow supporters of Islamists throughout the region, such as the Muslim Brotherhood.Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2017
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There’s never been a more divisive, vindictive, cruel, illiterate, impetuous, rude bully than the former president.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2024
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He was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct, according to court records obtained by PEOPLE.Daniela Avila, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The original charges — three felony counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and one misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct — were pled down this week.Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Does the child make impulsive decisions that might be regretted later?Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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One league source wouldn’t put the Bears anywhere near the same level of deterrence as the New York Jets, whose owner, Woody Johnson, has a reputation for being impulsive and volatile.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
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Cash is also seen as thoughtless and low-effort, says Julian Givi, associate professor of marketing at West Virginia University.Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
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Oz’s decision to close that sewer door could be chalked down to a terrible mistake, the thoughtless actions of a child.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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At age 27, Smith is the team’s leading tackler and more than that, a spiritual successor to Ray Lewis as the Ravens’ brash defensive quarterback.Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
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As a result of some brash and creative ideas employed by former executive producer Eric Bischoff, WCW became a competitive threat to WWE’s reign.Mark LaSota, Ph.D., Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Anything more than that may be financially imprudent.Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Adding a fourth option at the position may well be deemed imprudent given the club’s finances.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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Oren — handsome, overconfident — was an obvious contender.James D. Walsh, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2024
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Republicans, with their congenitally overconfident candidate and an entire political operation premised on telling the Republican electorate that Trump’s defeat is literally impossible, have a different problem.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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To ask the most American of movie stars to play this iconic English figure was foolhardy, and his down-to-earth authenticity gets him nowhere in the role.Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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Overshadowing the endorsement was a foolhardy rhetorical flourish that insulted key voting blocs courted by the Republican nominee in his campaign against the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Grover Cleveland.Robert B. Mitchell / Made by History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Hotheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotheaded. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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