Mike Phelan

There is fierce competition within the city. If United are at loggerheads within the club, it just helps fuel City's cause more than anything else.

English Coach

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.

American President

Indicates a situation has moved beyond a simple disagreement and may be difficult to resolve.

Conflict Escalation

Often implies that the involved parties are emotionally invested and might be acting irrationally.

Emotionally Charged

Commonly used in casual conversation rather than formal writing.

Colloquial Use

Understanding its historical use helps visualize how the tool, and word, were applied in crafting.

Historical Tool

It's a specialized term, so its use is usually limited to discussions about traditional shoemaking or history.

Shoemaking Specific

This meaning of 'loggerheads' is rarely used today; it may not be understood without context.

Rarity in Speech

 these traditions now so often at loggerheads -- working together to create a document which we hope will be signed by a thousand, at least, of major religious leaders from all the traditions of the world.

Karen Armstrong: 2008...

 pattern repeatedly the critter cams have given them a window into how speed agility and behavior have helped the green turtles to stay clear of tiger sharks and why so many loggerheads bear the visible

Tiger Sharks vs. Turtles...

 as loggerheads but a thousand miles isn't unusual all female turtles mate a few weeks before they start nesting the

Loggerheads

Conflict Escalation

Emotionally Charged

Colloquial Use

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