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Working on the project with such a hothead has been unpleasant.
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This season Fears has shown both the maturity of the player who came back to discuss his actions with his head coach, and the foolishness of the hothead who responded with the hard foul.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Numerous hotheads objected to my point that Iran’s borders had shape-shifted over the decades and centuries, and could do so again due to fragmentation.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Hamid, the hothead of the group, is eager to kill Eghbal.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Johnny, the Human Torch, has been depicted in past movies as a hothead and a jokester.
—Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2025
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Numerous hotheads objected to my point that Iran’s borders had shape-shifted over the decades and centuries, and could do so again due to fragmentation.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Hamid, the hothead of the group, is eager to kill Eghbal.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Johnny, the Human Torch, has been depicted in past movies as a hothead and a jokester.
—Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2025
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“Hothead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hothead. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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hothead
noun
hot·head
ˈhät-ˌhed 
: a hotheaded person
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