albatross
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“So it’s become like an inflexible albatross that causes a lot of waste of electricity,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Tata Steel's purchase of Corus Steel, for instance, turned out be an "albatross" around the company's neck for decades, says Mukherjea.
From BBC ● May 24, 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
The latest one is Hernandez, who’s running for a second term against a slew of opponents trying to hang MacArthur Park like an albatross around the neck of the 35-year-old politician.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
“It is an albatross ’round my neck!” he protested, but he also did as he was told.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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
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
Most Laysan albatrosses only live for 12 to 40 years.
From NewsForKids.net ● Dec. 5, 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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