that loggerhead couldn't find the business end of a cow even if his life depended on it
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Estimated to be a 60- to 75-year-old breeding male – and likely a great-grandfather – Bubba is the largest loggerhead sea turtle the center has treated.—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024 The two sides remain at loggerheads because the Council’s digging in its heels on a push to avert various spending cuts the mayor has enacted or proposed, the sources said.—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024 The best dive sites are scattered around the Rancheria, Canales, and Contreras islands, home to a dazzling array of aquatic life: colorful sea fans, white-tip sharks, loggerhead turtles, and one of the largest reefs in Central America.—Siobhan Reid, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2024 Italy’s government is at loggerheads with Stellantis following plans to cut jobs in the country and move production to lower-cost nations.—Tommaso Ebhardt, Fortune Europe, 20 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for loggerhead
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Word History
Etymology
probably from English dialect logger block of wood + English head
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