as in idiot
a stupid person
that loggerhead couldn't find the business end of a cow even if his life depended on it
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Recent Examples of loggerhead
But Florida is a nesting destination for endangered or threatened sea turtles, including loggerheads, green turtles, leatherbacks and Kemp’s Ridley turtles, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports.
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loggerhead
Noun
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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There are worse things than watching Black, Rudd, and Zahn play three gormless morons on a mid-life misadventure, but almost every scene and setpiece is constructed with a haphazardness that blunders away their charm.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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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
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The ordeal generated local headlines, as Berman had to navigate sheer rocks and treacherous terrain in the dark to save the mutt.—
Joe Berman,
Outside,
26 Dec. 2025
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Having co-created the eponymous pooch, writer Bob Baker retained some of the rights to the character, but crucially not to the design or his connections to a certain Time Lord — hence the extensive makeover and the lack of references to the metal mutt's adventures in space and time.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
13 Dec. 2025
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Keep an eye out for sea turtles, hammerhead sharks, and manta rays.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Loggerhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loggerhead. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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