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chalice

noun as in grail

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The health portfolio can be seen as something of a poisoned chalice, given the huge challenges facing the NHS and social services.

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Abortion rights advocates will recognize that provision as a poisoned chalice, because even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs.

Just weeks after guiding Leicester City back to the Premier League, the Italian has quit after one season and opted to take on what many see as a poisoned chalice.

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“A lot of people said this is a poisoned chalice,” Piper said.

In episode six, traitors Paul, Harry and Miles were tasked with murdering in plain sight by giving a poisoned chalice - the rosé - to their chosen victim.

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

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