at loggerheads

Example Sentences

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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

Turkey, for example, provides military support to the central government in Somalia—which is at loggerheads with Somaliland and another of the country’s independent-minded entities, Puntland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

The government had already been at loggerheads with Junts in other parliamentary votes and negotiated its support on a case-by-case basis.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

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