millstone
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It’s not a milestone so much, though, as a millstone.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yet today government paperwork is an ever-weightier millstone around the public’s neck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“She’s reduced the price. She can’t shift this property and it’s become a bit of a millstone around her neck.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
“As the only sector to record a negative return in Q3, staples was the proverbial millstone around quality’s neck.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
“You’d be free of this millstone around your neck and ahead four hundred bucks to boot.”
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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