How to Use loggerhead in a Sentence

loggerhead

noun
  • This is hardly the first time that the U.S. and China have been at loggerheads.
    Richard N. Haass, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
  • Assange and the embassy have been at loggerheads for a while.
    Alex Ward, Vox, 19 Oct. 2018
  • The Senate and House are at loggerheads over how to implement the tax break.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • The loggerhead had gained weight since the Coast Guard rescued her from a tangle of fishing nets.
    Charles Graeber, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Blur and OpenSea were at loggerheads in the days and weeks leading up to the latter’s decision.
    Callan Quinn, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Denial of Golsteyn's request could put the Army at loggerheads with the White House.
    NBC News, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The two-headed loggerhead sea turtle was one of three live babies found in a nest.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 31 July 2021
  • That's how the loggerhead came to the center's attention.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Up to 40% of loggerhead turtle nests in the world are laid in Florida, according to the FWC.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 May 2021
  • Trump is at loggerheads with Beijing over trade and has tried to put pressure on China, to be sure.
    Jen Kirby, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018
  • For starters, the two sides remained at loggerheads over what to discuss at this week’s talks, a person briefed on the matter said.
    Bob Davis, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
  • He and the president, who is the focus of the hearings, continue to be at loggerheads.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2019
  • The two sides have been at loggerheads for months, trading threats of tariffs and other sanctions.
    Bob Davis, WSJ, 14 May 2018
  • The loggerhead sea turtles of Florida’s Space Coast are on track to set higher records for nests.
    Fox News, 22 July 2022
  • The nests include 104 loggerheads, four green, two Kemp’s Ridley, and now one leatherback.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 June 2023
  • The world’s two most powerful nations, the U.S. and China, are at loggerheads.
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The 170-pound loggerhead turtle lies at the bottom of his tub and waits for the perfect moment to pop his head out of the water, wave his fins and splash the dozens of onlookers.
    Catie Wegman, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2019
  • Watch for some of the 175 species of birds that live along the ocean and salt marsh, or other local animals like gators, dolphins, and loggerhead turtles.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, are increasingly at loggerheads over trade.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 27 July 2018
  • At any time, there could be loggerheads, green sea turtles or other species on the mend amid the various treatment pools.
    Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • The fight is taking place over beaches used for thousands of years by female loggerhead, green and leatherback turtles.
    David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 8 May 2021
  • The executive branch and part of the legislative branch are at loggerheads.
    Conrad Black, National Review, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Today, loggerheads and leatherbacks nest mainly along the country’s northeastern coast rather than the Cape South Coast.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Baghdad and Erbil have been at loggerheads over oil revenues for years.
    Yasmine Mosimann, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
  • These six turtles may meet up with Munchkin, the 330-pound loggerhead sea turtle released at West Dennis Beach last week.
    Alyssa Lukpat, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2019
  • The adult female loggerhead turtles were released into the surf Friday on the beach at Jekyll Island.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2022
  • On this dive, an aged male loggerhead turtle rested under a ledge.
    John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Doña Lola is at loggerheads with an oil company that wants to destroy the town’s cemetery.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
  • While the Kemp's ridley is the most common visitor, green, loggerhead, and leatherback sea turtles also nest along the Texas coast.
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 May 2023
  • The story of the unnamed loggerhead sea turtle began on Oct. 4, when it was hooked by someone fishing at the pier that is one of the park’s major attractions.
    al, 21 Oct. 2021

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