Loggerhead Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster

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Coral reefs, bottleneck dolphins, and loggerhead turtles?

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Amy Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023

Baghdad and Erbil have been at loggerheads over oil revenues for years.

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Yasmine Mosimann, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023

Blur and OpenSea were at loggerheads in the days and weeks leading up to the latter’s decision.

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Callan Quinn, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023

The nesting season runs from March 1 to Oct. 31 each year, and sees three species of sea turtles — the green, loggerhead and massive leatherback turtles — digging holes along Florida beaches to lay their eggs.

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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2022

The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research is home to four sea turtles: Binx, a Kemp’s ridley; Itsy, a green sea turtle; Flash, a green sea turtle whose two hind legs are paralyzed; and Crush, a loggerhead, the type of turtle that has been washing up on Texas shores in record numbers.

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José Mendiola, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Oct. 2022

The nesting loggerhead sea turtle population in Georgia has increased by around 4% each year since the 90s, says the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.

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Zoe Sottile, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022

Green sea turtles use Sargassum mats as nurseries and loggerhead sea turtles use the seaweed to stay near the ocean surface, according to the Sea Turtle Preservation Society.

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George Petras, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023

Towns like Stuart, Jensen Beach, and Hobe Sound are full of spots locals like to keep to themselves, including the unusual limestone beach at Blowing Rocks Preserve, where rare leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles lumber ashore to nest.

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Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023

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