at loggerheads

Example Sentences

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Recent reports have suggested that the Treasury and the housing department have been at loggerheads over the issue, with concerns over how a cap would impact pension funds which own freeholds.

From BBC

For the chief constable of Northern Ireland to be at loggerheads with MI5 is "unprecedented" says veteran investigative journalist, John Ware, who has reported on the Troubles since the 1970s.

From BBC

When judges have gone against the government, they have sometimes found themselves at loggerheads with the authorities.

From BBC

The government of President Emmanuel Macron has been at loggerheads with Shein for weeks after French authorities said they had found illicit products being sold on the platform.

From The Wall Street Journal

The two sides had been at loggerheads over a fee to allow British defence firms to access an enhanced share of loans issued under the pact.

From BBC