albatross
Example Sentences
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This book will be a difficult read for anyone convinced that a rat or feral cat’s life is equivalent to that of an albatross or shearwater’s.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
The ship is blown by a storm to the South Pole where it is followed by an albatross, believed to bring good luck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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
His former boss, Van De Kamp, carried a political albatross.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025
He was the one who had shot the albatross, and yet in the end we pitied him.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Vocabulary lists containing albatross
Amazing Animals, A-Z
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Amazing Animals, List 2
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