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Recent Examples of albatross
The last player to card an albatross at the U.S. Open was Nick Watney in 2012 at The Olympic Club.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Homelessness has long been a political albatross for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, haunting him not only during his tenure as governor but also as mayor of San Francisco.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2025
Injuries — plus the inability to move Beal’s albatross contract — led Phoenix to becoming one of the NBA’s worst defenses, and Budenholzer has now been fired twice in the last three years.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Other community members advocated against what has become an albatross for the city and the district — how to pay for the additional $175 million in nonteacher pensions that the city has paid and now wants CPS to repay.
—Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Homelessness has long been a political albatross for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, haunting him not only during his tenure as governor but also as mayor of San Francisco.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2025
Injuries — plus the inability to move Beal’s albatross contract — led Phoenix to becoming one of the NBA’s worst defenses, and Budenholzer has now been fired twice in the last three years.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Other community members advocated against what has become an albatross for the city and the district — how to pay for the additional $175 million in nonteacher pensions that the city has paid and now wants CPS to repay.
—Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for albatross
Noun
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Could Gladys be free of this ducal millstone around her neck?—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
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But this also turned out to be a millstone around the agency’s neck.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2025
Noun
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That railroad had a 30-percent stranglehold on containers across all rail carloads in 2024.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
28 July 2025
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India have taken a stranglehold of the ICC after the recent appointment of Sanjog Gupta as chief executive, hot on the heels of Indian compatriot Jay Shah’s ascension as chair.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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“Albatross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/albatross. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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