albatross

Example Sentences

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“Other people look at it as an albatross around their neck.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But initially, the Brat Pack was really an albatross for a lot of us career-wise and we hated it.

From Salon

But the cash infusion saddled Vice with financial obligations if it didn’t hit aggressive profitability targets, and it eventually became an albatross for the company.

From New York Times

The study does not show that people have no understanding in common—no one confuses penguins with albatrosses—just that we may have less common ground than previously appreciated.

From Scientific American

The group’s endorsement, he argued, “has gone from an asset to an albatross.”

From Washington Post