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
Methuselah also attended to act as mediator and counselor, approving some ideas while discouraging others, calming the hothead and encouraging the timid.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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
"Without the proper deterrent, you're not going to persuade, cajole or plead to hotheads to stop."
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2024
“Should hotheads in the navy act in the belief they will automatically receive support from the other services, they could find themselves isolated,” the CIA briefer told Nixon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
“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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