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
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 • Jan. 26, 2026
Though we were then at loggerheads with the government, negotiations in and of themselves, I said, constituted a victory.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
