albatross
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One of the 21st century’s hottest sectors has become a market albatross.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
But now that guarantee is an albatross, with AI skeptics worried OpenAI won’t be able to pay.
From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025
Comcast is spinning off the channels because it believes the mature outlets face a bleak future due to pay TV cord-cutting and are an albatross weighing down its stock price.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
Decades later, the promise is an albatross for many, thanks in part to years of student-loan policy changes, conflicting information from servicers and system backlogs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
It reminded her of the line from Mr. Coleridge’s strange poem about the ancient mariner and the albatross.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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