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Albatross
Definition:
(n.) A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.
Example Sentences:
(1) But the Ukip albatross grows bigger by the year and may destroy his career.
(2) On her right shoulder is an albatross: "She wanted to come back as one when she died."
(3) These patients continue to haunt the surgeon, and the syndrome has been named the "albatross" syndrome.
(4) There is now provisional BBC Trust approval for Project Canvas , the TV-on-demand joint venture that includes ITV, the BBC and BT, but Norman may be left with the task of working out what to do with ITV's digital albatross Friends Reunited, if the Competition Commission blocks its proposed £25m sale .
(5) Now that shopping habits have changed with the arrival of online grocers and the popularity of buying little and often from small local shops, Tesco’s collection of large stores seems more like an albatross around its neck.
(6) So far, the president has been more fatuous than fascistic, though he belatedly realized what an albatross the bill had become.
(7) While newer procedures in ulcer surgery may alter the incidence of standard postgastrectomy complications it will not alter the incidence of the albatross syndrome, which is more directly related to the selection of the patient rather than the selection of the surgeon or surgical procedure.
(8) "Does social conservatism continue to be a albatross around the neck of the party?"
(9) Liberal Democrat leader Clegg, who has been variously branded a "jelly", "condom", "lapdog" and "yellow albatross" by Johnson, suggested the mayor should be clearer about his true intentions.
(10) 'House Of Cards', which recalled Fleetwood Mac's 'Albatross'.
(11) So next time you buy bottled water, remember the baby albatross.
(12) Lead poisoning was diagnosed in 10 of the droop-winged albatrosses and was one of the causes of morbidity.
(13) But albatrosses have adapted to cope with salty food and water.
(14) Human activity (lead poisoning and vehicular trauma) caused mortality at Midway Atoll and represented additive mortality for pre-fledgling albatrosses.
(15) Although she came to see The Golden Notebook as her "albatross", she had to concede that the novel, written during a period of great personal and social upheaval, had a life and energy of its own.
(16) There’s no question it will be an albatross should he win the nomination.
(17) His presence either indicates a certain softening of attitude towards the prize on the part of Blur's frontman, or else it's going to be short-lived: the last time he turned up on the Mercury shortlist, for Gorillaz's eponymous 2001 debut album, Albarn demanded the nomination be withdrawn, claiming that winning the award would be "like carrying a dead albatross around your neck for eternity".
(18) Over 100 species of sea birds are known to have ingested plastics, and according to a study published last month around 95% of fulmar, a seabird related to albatrosses, have been found to have potentially hazardous plastics in their stomachs.
(19) Hosts of brightly plumed birds – "flamingos and frigate-birds, falcons and deep-water albatross" – have flocked into the town, and when the narrator leans against a pillar box, trying to straighten his flying suit, an eagle "guarding these never-to-be-collected letters snaps at my hands, as if she has forgotten who I am and is curious to inspect this solitary pilot who has casually stepped off the wind into these deserted streets".
(20) Epizootic mortality occurred in Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutabilis) fledgings at Midway Atoll in 1983.