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Recent Examples of albatross
Active soaring wings are long, narrow and pointed, a more efficient design for albatrosses, gulls and gannets that are more dependent on wind currents to sustain long periods of flight over great distances.
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Ernie Cowan, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
The egg recently hatched to Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, who resides at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Honolulu, Hawaii.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
The challenge with parting ways with Stanton is his albatross of a contract.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Some might go so far as to contend that the DDE has been a distraction from more vital discussions and has been an albatross hanging over the necks of ethicists and society.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Ernie Cowan, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
The egg recently hatched to Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, who resides at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Honolulu, Hawaii.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
The challenge with parting ways with Stanton is his albatross of a contract.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Some might go so far as to contend that the DDE has been a distraction from more vital discussions and has been an albatross hanging over the necks of ethicists and society.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for albatross
Noun
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Golden aims to avoid expectations from becoming a millstone for a squad with all the elements to make a legitimate run at the school’s third national title.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Now comes a cataclysm in the country’s foremost blue state that is traceable, in part, to irrational progressive priorities and may prove a millstone around the neck of one of the foremost talents on the Democratic bench, California governor Gavin Newsom.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
15 Jan. 2025
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But the likelihood that Florida still wins that matchup anyway is bad math for Carolina, which normally has a stranglehold further down the lineup.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Niwot’s Addison Ritzenhein’s stranglehold on the Class 4A girls 3,200 meter race continued Thursday morning, as the junior breezed to her third straight state title in the event.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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“Albatross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/albatross. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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