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Overspending, indecision, poor judgment and general pigheadedness were characteristic at NeXT from the start.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

“They’re not afraid to show the fragility and the pigheadedness of men,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Euro 2020 will still be an exercise in hubris and pigheadedness and get-there-itis; it will still be a monument to soccer’s unyielding self-satisfaction.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2021

Most forebodingly: In Buchanan's case, his pigheadedness during his lame duck period heralded the outbreak of the Civil War.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2020

With what Harry considered pure pigheadedness, however, Ron was unimpressed.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling