bullheaded
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Patterson should have died from a nasty superbug picked up in Egypt in 2015 — except Patterson is married to bullheaded epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024
“This notion of bullheaded romantic persistence is a recurring cultural touchstone—countless movies, music and books celebrate the heroics of steadfast pursuit with admiration,” Valsthein says.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2023
Their stumbling but bullheaded progress — they’re like low-rent cousins of Edward G. Robinson in “Double Indemnity” — is one of the show’s clever comic storytelling devices.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
Ismar described the chancellor as “bockig,” which means obstinate or bullheaded.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022
The eyes of the most bullheaded boys radiate a shining determination: every ounce of their attention has been trained to ferret out weakness.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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