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albatross

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


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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

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

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

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

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

Over 275,000 albatrosses have been banded on Midway since 1936.

From NewsForKids.net ● Dec. 5, 2024

While white albatrosses escorted Endurance through the ice on their magnificent, motionless wings, Leonard Hussey, the meteorologist, serenaded the passing wildlife with his banjo.

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


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