albatross
Example Sentences
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Six months to a year from now, Absolute Resolve could be forgotten in the rush of greater events, look like one of America’s greatest foreign-policy successes, or become an albatross around the administration’s neck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 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
“Other people look at it as an albatross around their neck.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
Partridge was once an "albatross" around Coogan's neck, but he returns to him nowadays because he "wants to", not because he has to.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
Like today, when he had wanted to keep the entry on the albatross, she had agreed to read it.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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