as in idiots
a stupid person
we despair of ever getting those hammerheads to buckle their seat belts without prodding
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Recent Examples of hammerheads
In a search for answers, Bertie Gregory — an Emmy and BAFTA award-winning cinematographer and National Geographic Explorer — dives into Mexico's Pacific waters to seek out hammerheads, which are becoming increasingly rare to spot.
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Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
There may be different types of sharks showing up, such as tiger, bull sharks and smooth hammerheads, Lowe said.
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Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
These include Caribbean reef sharks, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
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Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Elphinstone Reef consistently ranks among the world’s best dive sites thanks to its abundance of healthy soft corals and frequent shark sightings, including the chance to see everything from thresher sharks to scalloped hammerheads.
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Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
We are not meant to be hammerheads in a world of nails.
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Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
Smooth hammerheads and blacktip sharks spent comparatively more time near the surface, whereas white sharks, spinner sharks, and dusky sharks were active throughout much of the water column.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Chuuk Lagoon offers rare opportunities to explore sunken battleships, planes, and submarines teeming with marine life like scalloped hammerheads, blue ring octopuses, and colorful nudibranchs.
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Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2025
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
There may be different types of sharks showing up, such as tiger, bull sharks and smooth hammerheads, Lowe said.
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Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
These include Caribbean reef sharks, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.
—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Elphinstone Reef consistently ranks among the world’s best dive sites thanks to its abundance of healthy soft corals and frequent shark sightings, including the chance to see everything from thresher sharks to scalloped hammerheads.
—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
We are not meant to be hammerheads in a world of nails.
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Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
Smooth hammerheads and blacktip sharks spent comparatively more time near the surface, whereas white sharks, spinner sharks, and dusky sharks were active throughout much of the water column.
—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Chuuk Lagoon offers rare opportunities to explore sunken battleships, planes, and submarines teeming with marine life like scalloped hammerheads, blue ring octopuses, and colorful nudibranchs.
—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammerheads
Noun
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No one is suggesting these idiots are more than a small minority of the golf fans who did show up at Bethpage Black, and then at Shinnecock Hills.
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Kids, let’s face it, are idiots by nature, and that’s not their fault.
Noun
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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
Noun
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Those grisly trials eventually led to the first generation of moose dummies, which were mostly bundles of strong electrical wire and a wooden beam for a spine.
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The last four movies have had creepy, menacing characters such as Sid, Stinky Pete, Gabby Gabby and the Bensons ventriloquist dummies.
Noun
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The lunatics are running the asylum.
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Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Michael Cera, Will Arnett and other lunatics round out the cast.
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Not that hard to leave the little mutts at home for the grocery store trip.
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For starters, there are the cost savings of getting one of these not-so-in-demand mutts.
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“Hammerheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammerheads. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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