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Recent Examples of bighead Invasive carp ‘are clogging U.S. waterways,’ officials say Invasive carp, which includes bighead, silver, black carp and grass carp, are native to East Asia. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 Missouri angler George Champ also caught a monster bighead while bank fishing the Mississippi River with a crankbait near St. Louis in March. Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2025 Certain species of invasive carp, like the bighead, are known to reproduce rapidly and can weigh up to 90 pounds. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2024 The Messi bighead is numbered out of 1024 and the Messi variant is numbered out of 224. FOCO also is releasing bobbleheads of Riqui Puig (L.A. Galaxy), Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) and Santiago Rodriguez (New York City FC). Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for bighead
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bighead
Noun
  • Prior to the game, Jenkins’ biggest issue was likely a bruised ego.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Both investors emphasized Chavarria’s authenticity and lack of ego as key factors in their decision to back him.
    Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Even as the young man attempts to ignore the din of city life outside his window, his fear of losing his vanity is ultimately what disrupts his fantasies.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
  • While Lee road trips around Osage County, Betty Jo sits at the vanity, deciding whether to put on her wedding ring.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The boutique hotel is named for the beloved adjunct professor and longtime Clemson mayor, the late Larry Abernathy, channeling his passion and pride for the university and city into the guest experience.
    Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This admission seemed sad—critics are supposed to take pride in withstanding disagreement.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Professional arrogance, that is, that pushed Atkinson to exceed everybody’s expectations … except his own.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • True to his overconfidence-bordering-on-arrogance nature, new intern Wes earlier in the episode did not follow instructions and attended to patients without permission.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Bighead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bighead. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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