chalice
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The Dundon family comprises the entire first two rows of names on the iconic chalice, even though Papa Dundon is the only one who holds a position within the organization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"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
“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
It might, he added, be contrived of silver and precious stones and serve incidentally as a ducal chalice.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
It’s a constant conundrum of global athletic events, pursued as chalices by complicated hosts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
A simple bronze altar has been created, with new chalices for the sacraments.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
Marzia Di Mento, the site’s chief archaeologist, noted that previously only seven glass chalices of the era had been found, and that the excavations of this one site turned up seven more.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Since then, the church has guarded the “Precious Blood” relic — until a group of unidentified thieves snatched it along with metallic liturgical dishes, artwork and chalices on June 2.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
The tulips along the border are redder than ever, opening, no longer wine cups but chalices; thrusting themselves up, to what end?
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing chalice
"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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Novel Study: Macbeth, Acts 1–2
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