at loggerheads

ADJECTIVE
  1. in a dispute or confrontation
    Sam and his parents were at loggerheads over the question of car privileges
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How To Use at loggerheads In A Sentence

  • Fans' fury as the BBC sacrifices Formula One to save Wimbledon Corporation decides to give up half of their races from 2012 7,000 more jobs cut in MoD war on overspending Defence chiefs axed another 7,000 civilian jobs in a massacre of the so-called brolly brigade Police helicopter noise blights our lives, say West End residents West End residents say their lives are being blighted by the near constant drone of police helicopters MPs at loggerheads over move to cut Olympia Tube services Two London MPs at odds over plans to stop running Tube services to and from Kensington Olympia on weekdays to free up trains, track and... Evening Standard - Home
  • The veteran Congress leader is understood to have brokered peace between his children who were reportedly at loggerheads.
  • Management and staff are at loggerheads over the plan.
  • France was left isolated and at loggerheads with other EU member countries over its refusal to fall into line with demands to cut state borrowing.
  • They made a strange contrast; they could have been at loggerheads, but they were not. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
  • For months dentists and the health department have been at loggerheads over fees.
  • The double wrath of her governor and Blackett, should she put them at loggerheads, would be awful to endure. DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
  • But, thanks to Sergei's indiscretion, you're now at loggerheads with each other. CODE BREAKER
  • He also pointed out the damage always caused by internal friction in the nation's sports administration, describing as lamentable a situation where the ministry and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) are always at loggerheads in the build-up to major competitions. Thisday Online
  • With the party and judge at loggerheads over, say, the availability of funds, it is often the contemnor who loses, forced to remain behind bars at the mercy of a skeptical judge. No Charge: In Civil-Contempt Cases, Jail Time Can Stretch On for Years
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