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For various reasons—his kids are off from school during the robbery; his getaway driver drops out; his hotheaded gunman arouses suspicion—his haphazard caper doesn’t lead to riches.—Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025 The Irish independence-supporting Fenians, represented primarily by hotheaded oaf Paddy (Seamus O’Hara) and his more strategically minded sister Ellen (Niamh McCormack), loathe the family’s conservative unionist policies.—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025 As the opposite of the hotheaded Ne Zha, Ao Bing fittingly has ice powers.—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025 Johnny and Ben are usually depicted as bickering surrogate brothers, the hotheaded youngster and the curmudgeonly elder; Susan is a pragmatic force, with Reed often lost in his own world.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hotheaded
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