hothead
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Yet the "hothead" in the headlines is now a head coach described as "Mr Calm".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
A young hothead named Matteo was sick of playing nice.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
Andrey Rublev: A tennis hothead desperately searching for peace.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
That’s when Metcalf sought payback and grabbed Warner’s facemask, thus cementing his rep as a hothead.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Nothing radical, no hothead stuff, just ringing a few doorbells for Gene McCarthy, composing a few tedious, uninspired editorials for the campus newspaper.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
It is designed to weed out the insecure and trigger-happy, the reckless hotheads with something to prove.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
"There are many of us on both sides trying to calm down all those hotheads from both camps who enjoy spreading irresponsible claims, lots of 'fake news' and plenty of insults," Daouda said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, the squad is composed of misfits, hotheads, third-year “seniors” and even a narcoleptic tumbler with a solid split.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
"Without the proper deterrent, you're not going to persuade, cajole or plead to hotheads to stop."
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024
“I fear for you two hotheads, mixing yourselves up with dangerous business. What if these men catch you spying on them? It would go hard with you.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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