stiff-necked
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The elves, half or whole, in “Rings of Power” are a stiff-necked bunch, less otherworldly than socially repressed.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022
"I would argue that both governments have been excessively stiff-necked," Bunn says.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 31, 2017
But America has a proud history of stiff-necked heroes.
From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2017
The people I grew up with were the descendants of stiff-necked troublemakers from County Mayo or the Abruzzi, men who never bowed to royalty — peasants to everyone but themselves.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2014
"You stiff-necked fool," he mut-tered, "too proud to listen. Can you eat pride, Stark? Will honor shield your children?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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