at loggerheads

Example Sentences

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More than a year later, they are at loggerheads on a major potential fix that could cost $50,000 per airplane.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Washington and Beijing have been at loggerheads over key issues ranging from trade tariffs to the Middle East war and Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Signatories of the landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty began a meeting Monday at the United Nations as fears of a renewed arms race escalate, with atomic powers again at loggerheads over safeguards.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

"Malyuk and Budanov are at loggerheads," he told the BBC, implying that Budanov had heavily influenced Zelensky's decision and that Khmara would now be "in the hands" of Budanov.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Mama and I are often at loggerheads about the weirdest things, like how people in villages lived a hundred years ago.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan