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People who are denigrating her are aggrandizing themselves, right now, she seems to be an albatross. – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You’re going to end up with an albatross around your neck, the Ukrainians are going to deliver a strategic failure for Putin. And that’s going to create a lot of problems for those who are supporting this unholy invasion going forward. – Wendy Sherman	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The audit is an albatross around the neck for every Republican running in the state of Arizona. – Chris DeRose	Found on CNN 2 years ago
( Youngkin) doesn't need this unwanted help from Donald Trump. But Glenn Youngkin's got it and it's yet another albatross around Glenn Youngkin neck -- with a Donald Trump symbol. what he needs to do is hold the very motivated Donald Trump base in Virginia together and inspire that enthusiasm while also attempting to distance himself from some of the Donald Trump personality idiosyncrasies that turned off some of the Virginia big-market suburbanite women. – John Fredericks	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It was those iconic images of the dead albatross chicks on the Pacific Islands with their stomachs open and all recognizable plastic items inside it, and most recently, it's been when we discovered the nano-particles do cross the blood-brain barrier, and we were able to prove that plastic is in us. – Paul Rose	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We can't have a nominee be an albatross around the down-ballot races, that's a concern of mine. – Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Why hand over this albatross to the president’s successor? – Lisa Monaco	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

People who are denigrating her are aggrandizing themselves, right now, she seems to be an albatross.

– Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You’re going to end up with an albatross around your neck, the Ukrainians are going to deliver a strategic failure for Putin. And that’s going to create a lot of problems for those who are supporting this unholy invasion going forward.

– Wendy Sherman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The audit is an albatross around the neck for every Republican running in the state of Arizona.

– Chris DeRose

Found on CNN
2 years ago

( Youngkin) doesn't need this unwanted help from Donald Trump. But Glenn Youngkin's got it and it's yet another albatross around Glenn Youngkin neck -- with a Donald Trump symbol. what he needs to do is hold the very motivated Donald Trump base in Virginia together and inspire that enthusiasm while also attempting to distance himself from some of the Donald Trump personality idiosyncrasies that turned off some of the Virginia big-market suburbanite women.

– John Fredericks

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was those iconic images of the dead albatross chicks on the Pacific Islands with their stomachs open and all recognizable plastic items inside it, and most recently, it's been when we discovered the nano-particles do cross the blood-brain barrier, and we were able to prove that plastic is in us.

– Paul Rose

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We can't have a nominee be an albatross around the down-ballot races, that's a concern of mine.

– Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Why hand over this albatross to the president’s successor?

– Lisa Monaco

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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