lock horns
Example Sentences
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Plus, Ford and GM lock horns in a new battle, and a girls’ trip to Ibiza takes a dramatic turn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The wiggle room has left courts to lock horns over the most basic facts before them — including whether what the president claims must be provably true.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
That focus on transparency — honed during his early years in Australia — saw him lock horns with the church’s bureaucracy over his attempts to audit the Vatican’s assets and spending.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2023
Yorkshire Vikings and Lancashire Lightning get things under way in a mouth-watering Roses game, before Hampshire Hawks and Somerset lock horns in a repeat of last year's semi-final.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2022
Some guards would start out at A-block, then lock horns with Sergeant Wickersham, and thereafter be sentenced by mutual agreement to B-block.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
