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Recent Examples of millstone
Anyway, he’s been speaking to Jack Lang about the millstone around his neck that was the £72million fee Arsenal paid for him in 2019.
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Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
Now, with the Monaco millstone lifted, a refueled Leclerc can focus on getting to the top.
—Jerome Pugmire, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
The border has long seemed a political millstone for Democrats, a place where the party splinters on policy and the results are out of step with broad public opinion.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024
Finally, Griffiths will need to address Resolution 2216, which has been a millstone around his predecessor’s neck.
—Peter Salisbury, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2018
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Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
Now, with the Monaco millstone lifted, a refueled Leclerc can focus on getting to the top.
—Jerome Pugmire, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
The border has long seemed a political millstone for Democrats, a place where the party splinters on policy and the results are out of step with broad public opinion.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024
Finally, Griffiths will need to address Resolution 2216, which has been a millstone around his predecessor’s neck.
—Peter Salisbury, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2018
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“Millstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millstone. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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