chalice
Example Sentences
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AI might be the Holy Grail of technology buffs, but it’s a poisoned chalice for the job market.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 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
He once described the prospect of a humiliating cease-fire with Iraq as drinking from a poisoned chalice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
“Big no-no,” Kraken alternate captain Yanni Gourde, who has lifted the famous chalice twice, said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Rabbi Galanos returned the chalice to its spot on the sideboard, then walked to where the two bowls sat.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing chalice
"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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The Poet X
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Novel Study: Macbeth, Acts 1–2
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