chalice
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"It's kind of a poisoned chalice for any Chinese defence minister to speak out publicly," said Jennifer Parker, adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia's Defence and Security Institute.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
To end the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the regime’s first supreme leader, made the difficult call to end the fighting, a decision he likened to drinking from a poisoned chalice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
“You need fire and you need a chalice. To me, that fire is my creativity. It’s my birthright to create. And that chalice is the community that holds me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
She was thrilled to be a chalice bearer at the event but said she was stunned by the bishop's behaviour at their first meeting soon afterwards.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
On the first step of the stairwell, a golden chalice gleamed.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing chalice
"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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Novel Study: Macbeth, Acts 1–2
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