loggerheads
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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
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 of President Emmanuel Macron has been at loggerheads with Shein for weeks after French authorities said they had found illicit products being sold on the platform.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 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
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