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Recent Examples of millstone
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.
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Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Indian atta is stone-ground, meaning the wheat kernels are crushed between millstones into a fine powder.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
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
Archaeologists discovered numerous traces of the medieval hamlet, including cooking pots, storage vases, millstones used to grind grain, and carbonized remnants of cereal grains and legumes.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Indian atta is stone-ground, meaning the wheat kernels are crushed between millstones into a fine powder.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
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
Archaeologists discovered numerous traces of the medieval hamlet, including cooking pots, storage vases, millstones used to grind grain, and carbonized remnants of cereal grains and legumes.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for millstone
Noun
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The walls have been collapsing for several years, and signing Kris Bryant to a seven-year, $182 million albatross of a contract was the wrecking ball.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
10 Aug. 2025
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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
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Despite these two lapping the rest of the pack in the men’s game, Alcaraz appears to have a stranglehold in their recent meetings.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Since then, Houston has maintained a stranglehold on the series, leading 31-11.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Millstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millstone. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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