bull-headed
Britishadjective
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She calls Stasia “the peacemaker,” who often helped her negotiate with her bull-headed son over rules and limits on the boy, who began climbing atop things almost before he could walk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Not all of them are so bull-headed, of course.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 11, 2021
The Greek legend of the labyrinth, the great maze in which a bull-headed monster called the minotaur roamed, was probably based on the size and the confusion of these Minoan complexes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Kail, who on all his projects relies on collaboration and communication, said the dynamics on the set of “Fosse/Verdon” proved that being bull-headed is not the only way to create art.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2019
At security, the bull-headed raksha had been replaced by a raksha with the shell of a tortoise.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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