at loggerheads

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: in or into a state of quarrelsome disagreement

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The two countries have been mired in deadlocked trade negotiations, have sparred over the US threatening sanctions over India’s purchase of oil from Russia, and are now at loggerheads over immigration. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Hamas and Israel are still at loggerheads about the sequencing of the group’s disarmament in relation to an Israeli withdrawal. — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 As America steams headlong into November, working-class folks are still at loggerheads with its political class. — Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 However, some of the powers at loggerheads over the region were always going to see this year’s summit as a showdown. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for at loggerheads

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First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of at loggerheads was in 1806

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“At loggerheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20loggerheads. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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