at loggerheads

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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

Unusually for a party usually at loggerheads with Swiss agriculture, the left-wing Greens agreed, criticising the prospect of "American beef pumped full of hormones and cut-price chlorinated chicken" appearing on supermarket shelves.

From Barron's

An impasse over Russian oil and imminent US sanctions has put Serbia at loggerheads with its traditional ally in Moscow.

From BBC

Pretoria and Washington have been at loggerheads for months over US allegations that the post-apartheid government persecutes the minority white population, including widely rejected claims of a "white genocide".

From Barron's

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

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