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Recent Examples of albatross
How will this group handle that albatross?
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
Never mind the looming albatross of Russell Wilson’s cap hit.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
Govan watched as the budget ballooned, and what was initially supposed to be a $650 million building became a $720 million albatross.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
That amount became an albatross around that company’s neck and led to waves of layoffs.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
Never mind the looming albatross of Russell Wilson’s cap hit.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
Govan watched as the budget ballooned, and what was initially supposed to be a $650 million building became a $720 million albatross.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
That amount became an albatross around that company’s neck and led to waves of layoffs.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for albatross
Noun
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While 57% of white Catholics still support Trump, a majority of them aren’t happy with his actions in Iran — the issue that’s turning out to be a millstone around his neck.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Instead of becoming the fuel for more Republican victories, Donald Trump has become a giant millstone, an albatross around the necks of Republicans now.—
Adam Harris,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There was, of course, one gleaming exception to the cultural stranglehold that Sinners versus One Battle After Another held last winter.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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His law could lead to the kind of sweeping rules that helped break the stranglehold of Big Tobacco in the 1990s, which followed a combination of litigation, regulation and public opinion.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Albatross.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/albatross. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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