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Recent Examples of albatross
His contract, which lasts another six years, had the makings of a dangerous albatross for the Angels.
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Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The crafty creatures will use their beaks to throw bits of coral at albatross eggs, then exploit the cracks in the shell and feed.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
The company’s issues underscored how its reputation for innovation, once considered a fundamental element of its brand, has become an albatross, fueling angst among employees and frustration among customers.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
All four of their respective teams matched, and those players each became albatrosses on those contracts.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The crafty creatures will use their beaks to throw bits of coral at albatross eggs, then exploit the cracks in the shell and feed.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
The company’s issues underscored how its reputation for innovation, once considered a fundamental element of its brand, has become an albatross, fueling angst among employees and frustration among customers.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
All four of their respective teams matched, and those players each became albatrosses on those contracts.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 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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Last week, the government called executives from several major AI companies, like OpenAI and Perplexity, in an attempt to argue that Google's stranglehold on search is preventing some of those companies from truly growing.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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Google's antitrust remedy trial started this week, and the Department of Justice has produced several witnesses to testify about how Google's stranglehold on search has slowed their innovation.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Albatross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/albatross. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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