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bullheaded

[bool-hed-id] / ˈbʊlˈhɛd ɪd /
ADJECTIVE
stubborn
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You’ll need bullheaded determination to excel in this week’s Slate News Quiz.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025

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

Heather O’Hara’s coyotes sit at a typewriter or carry a balloon, wearing everyday human clothing, while Brent Bonds’s bullheaded “Minitaurs” sport only men’s briefs.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2021

She had married a bullheaded man, a sometimes ridiculously stubborn man.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers