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Recent Examples of loggerhead Yakushima National Park in Kagoshima Prefecture has pristine coral reefs where loggerhead and green sea turtles spawn. Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025 But something in Chocolat—the tale of a single mother, Vianne, who opens a chocolate shop in front of the church, on the first day of Lent, in a tiny, conservative French village, setting the villagers at loggerheads—had captured the public imagination. Joanne Harris september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025 Created by and starring Sylvester Stallone, the two were at loggerheads throughout the production. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025 With Fletcher gone, the five-member body was often at loggerheads between its two Democrats and two Republicans, until Monica Montgomery Steppe was elected to succeed him later that year. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for loggerhead
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loggerhead
Noun
  • Only a moron would cut the funding of an industry that actually brings revenue into the government’s pocket.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.
    Drew Broussard May 22, Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
  • Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Two dogs came into the living room to inspect the uproar, mutts from the reservation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That rescue mutt had been known for years as Everest, but enough of that.
    Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Elphinstone Reef consistently ranks among the world’s best dive sites thanks to its abundance of healthy soft corals and frequent shark sightings, including the chance to see everything from thresher sharks to scalloped hammerheads.
    Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
  • We are not meant to be hammerheads in a world of nails.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The glass windows are blocked by tables and a piano and a crib and a dressmaker’s dummy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • However, an image of the dummies shared by leaker Sonny Dickson indicates Samsung's finally making room for magnetic rings at the back.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Loggerhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loggerhead. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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