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Recent Examples of albatross
The entire crop of players with serious money left on their deals endured long, discouraging stretches this season where their contracts looked like albatrosses.
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Expect everything from marine iguanas and sea lions to rare birdlife: the flightless cormorant, Galápagos penguin, waved albatross, red-footed booby and the magnificent frigatebird.
—Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Dodik casts Schmidt as an albatross around Srpska’s neck, claiming his powers trample on the will of Serb voters.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
Despite Shell’s optimism, Naveen Sarma, managing director at S&P Global Ratings, has warned that linear will continue to be an albatross for Paramount.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 July 2025
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Expect everything from marine iguanas and sea lions to rare birdlife: the flightless cormorant, Galápagos penguin, waved albatross, red-footed booby and the magnificent frigatebird.
—Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Dodik casts Schmidt as an albatross around Srpska’s neck, claiming his powers trample on the will of Serb voters.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
Despite Shell’s optimism, Naveen Sarma, managing director at S&P Global Ratings, has warned that linear will continue to be an albatross for Paramount.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for albatross
Noun
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Of course, that became a millstone around my neck.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Could Gladys be free of this ducal millstone around her neck?—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Led by fiery quarterback Baker Mayfield, who is carrying a big chip on his shoulder this season and quickly established himself as an MVP favorite, the Bucs have a stranglehold on the NFC South with a 5-2 record and a clear path to a division title.—
Tyler Geis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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It was put into devastating effect last week when Beijing ramped up export restrictions on rare earth minerals and permanent magnets—arcane materials vital for myriad industrial processes and for which China enjoys a stranglehold on supply.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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