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
"Never Have I Ever" narrator John McEnroe likes to call Devi a hothead throughout the series, but there's a strong argument that Devi's intense in-the-moment reactions go much deeper.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 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
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