loggerheads
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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
When judges have gone against the government, they have sometimes found themselves at loggerheads with the authorities.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 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
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