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albatross

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


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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

Before long, that pact had become an albatross for the Broncos, who benched him in his second season and then released him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

He likened his association with Epstein to "an albatross around my neck", adding he felt "profoundly upset that I was taken in" by a "charismatic criminal liar".

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

They found albatross chicks, which made the most succulent stews in their hoosh pot.

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




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