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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 conservation status of Salvin’s albatross is considered nationally critical, but with such a wide geographic range, many countries contribute to their protection around the world.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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The messaging, while not new, reflects how the Republican Party hopes to use Mamdani as an albatross against Democrats.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Nov. 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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“Millstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millstone. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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