albatross

Example Sentences

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One of the 21st century’s hottest sectors has become a market albatross.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 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

Comcast is unloading 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. 27, 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

It must be a Laysan albatross or another more common bird.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila