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Recent Examples of hotheaded
But the boys at the ludus, whose ranks notably include decent guy Celadus (Dan Hamill) and his hotheaded son Tarchon (Jordi Webber), are not keen to admit a woman to their ranks and are doubly peeved that Ashur is skipping her into a headlining role.
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Rescuing a young woman (Isabelle Corey) from a violent pimp, Bob—acknowledging his age with bitter wisdom—pairs her off with his hotheaded protégé (Daniel Cauchy).
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
For various reasons—his kids are off from school during the robbery; his getaway driver drops out; his hotheaded gunman arouses suspicion—his haphazard caper doesn’t lead to riches.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The Irish independence-supporting Fenians, represented primarily by hotheaded oaf Paddy (Seamus O’Hara) and his more strategically minded sister Ellen (Niamh McCormack), loathe the family’s conservative unionist policies.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Rescuing a young woman (Isabelle Corey) from a violent pimp, Bob—acknowledging his age with bitter wisdom—pairs her off with his hotheaded protégé (Daniel Cauchy).
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
For various reasons—his kids are off from school during the robbery; his getaway driver drops out; his hotheaded gunman arouses suspicion—his haphazard caper doesn’t lead to riches.
—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
The Irish independence-supporting Fenians, represented primarily by hotheaded oaf Paddy (Seamus O’Hara) and his more strategically minded sister Ellen (Niamh McCormack), loathe the family’s conservative unionist policies.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotheaded
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Louis’s image of Lestat is an arch, impetuous, and violent figure who embodies all the allure and danger of immortality, but now, season three of IWTV, renamed The Vampire Lestat, resets the story on Lestat’s terms.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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And this was an impetuous, addictive, utterly nonsensical sort of love—quick acting and long lasting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2026
Adjective
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As buttoned-up and as rule-abiding as Nicky is, Morgan is reckless.—
Carita Rizzo,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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With a focus on driving down the high cost of living, fixing our broken health care system, getting ICE under control, ending this reckless and costly war of choice in the Middle East and cleaning up corruption.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
14 June 2026
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And then there may be actual fraud — unlawful acts whether premeditated or impulsive.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
7 Dec. 2025
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Interactions with the state do not have foregone conclusions—citizens still operate as individuals and make impulsive, sometimes self-sabotaging decisions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
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This rhetoric is not just the thoughtless ramblings of mindless partisans.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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The tradition of pet portraiture is often overlooked as a low art, kitschy and thoughtless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Mar. 2026
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Hall’s 2000 experience laid a caricature in the Australian sports psyche of American athletes as being loud, brash and overconfident.—
Tom Bogert,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Chandler, the former longtime Bellator lightweight champion, is a fan favorite in the UFC for his brash personality outside the cage and electrifying fights inside it.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Huger was ultimately charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There is a better approach than making overconfident guesses: rigorously testing new practices and strategies and only widely advocating for the ones that have robust evidence of effectiveness.—
Justin Reich,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Lee is a pest and a scoundrel, chronically broke and overconfident, maybe a talented writer or at least one who’s quick with literary references.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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To play polite footsie with him over the coming months is foolhardy.—
Patrick McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Nov. 2025
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There is another reason why lifting the deposit insurance limits is foolhardy.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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