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chalice

noun as in grail

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The job is a huge opportunity but also a poisoned chalice.

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It’s a constant conundrum of global athletic events, pursued as chalices by complicated hosts.

Whoever takes up the leadership position will almost be drinking from a "poisoned chalice", adds Prof Brown.

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The Monday summit also revealed that Putin’s ostensible concession at the Alaska summit to agree to international security guarantees for Ukraine is a poisoned chalice.

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"It's a poisoned chalice - one of the paedophiles will re-offend. This case also highlights concerns about a lack of safeguarding in entertainment and tech companies enabling these types of offenders."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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