as in idiots
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 loggerheads
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
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
This puts Texas and New York at loggerheads, legal experts said, which could lead to a lengthy back and forth of appeals and clashing state court rulings that could lead to nowhere or eventually force a federal court to get involved.
—The Hill, 9 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
The streamer and theater owners, and particularly the major chains, have been at loggerheads for years over exclusive theatrical windows.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Correspondence between the companies and the FCC, obtained by IEEE Spectrum under a Freedom of Information request, shows that the companies were not always at loggerheads.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Apr. 2019
Mark Price, Miami Herald, 18 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
This puts Texas and New York at loggerheads, legal experts said, which could lead to a lengthy back and forth of appeals and clashing state court rulings that could lead to nowhere or eventually force a federal court to get involved.
—The Hill, 9 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
The streamer and theater owners, and particularly the major chains, have been at loggerheads for years over exclusive theatrical windows.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Correspondence between the companies and the FCC, obtained by IEEE Spectrum under a Freedom of Information request, shows that the companies were not always at loggerheads.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Apr. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loggerheads
Noun
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Anyone that votes for those people are absolute idiots.—
Gerardo Zavala,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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Because some of them act like complete idiots, but Wendy is constantly outsmarting everyone.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Tech companies, which have relied on H-1Bs for years, could be the biggest losers under the new rules.—
Patricia Lopez,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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The winning team gets alone time with Mel, while the losers are sent back to the mansion on a bus.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Loggerheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loggerheads. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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