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hardheaded

[hahrd-hed-id] / ˈhɑrdˈhɛd ɪd /


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Even worse are the hardheaded dollars-and-cents realists of Wall Street who take this new reality as a given.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 2, 2025

“But of course, I’m hardheaded and got on social media.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 14, 2023

I was hardheaded, self-contained and struggled to show affection toward the people I loved.

From Salon Dec. 15, 2022

If there are two takeaways from “Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker,” a smart and sympathetic but hardheaded new biography by the Toronto journalist Jason McBride, they are these.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2022

You’ve always been hardheaded, even when Momma was living.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones




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