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albatross

[al-buh-traws, -tros] / ˈæl bəˌtrɔs, -ˌtrɒs /


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The report also found no unusual deaths among the albatross population or two endemic species, the Heard Island shad and the black-faced sheathbill.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

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

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 unloading 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. 27, 2025

Cape pigeons often darted and flitted around the boat, but the men couldn’t bring themselves to kill the friendly birds, and ancient superstition forbade them from killing the albatross that still followed majestically above.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Elephant seals crowd its beaches, king penguins climb its green slopes, and albatrosses glide above the open landscape.

From Science Daily May 14, 2026

Boston-based travel blogger Jake Rosmarin posted on Instagram how the ship was almost immediately greeted by albatrosses, dolphins, sea lions and humpback whales.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

One way to prevent the accidental death of albatrosses at sea is the use of bird scaring lines: they're essentially nautical scarecrows, scaring the birds away from the nets and fishing lines.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2025

While albatrosses usually mate for life, they will find new mates to breed with if their partner dies.

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2024

Over five weeks, Darwin collected carcasses of finches, mockingbirds, blackbirds, grosbeaks, wrens, albatrosses, iguanas, and an array of sea and land plants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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