pig-headed
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Maas succeeded where more than 99% failed by being smart, sometimes pig-headed and, in the end, lucky.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024
Even a stubborn, pig-headed jackass like Mr. Henderson acknowledges that Magaro and Orion Lee have great chemistry together.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020
And we should embrace that pig-headed unwillingness to give up, even when it seems like giving up is the only option.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2020
He wasn’t violent or aggressive, but he was pig-headed.
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2019
It is only out of respect that I do not say he was pig-headed.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
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