1
: a drinking cup : goblet
especially
: the eucharistic cup
2
: the cup-shaped interior of a flower
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From going for gold to chasing the silver chalice
Several players who won gold with the U.S. at the Olympics have the chance to add a Stanley Cup ring to their trophy case for the year.
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Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
The Islamic Republic's history offers precisely one precedent for a leader drinking from a chalice of poison against every instinct — and that leader was Khomeini, who commanded obedience the current occupant of the office can only envy.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Mulvihill was the keeper of the trophy: the Van Nostrand Challenge Cup, a silver chalice with wintry sailing scenes in bas-relief.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
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Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
The Islamic Republic's history offers precisely one precedent for a leader drinking from a chalice of poison against every instinct — and that leader was Khomeini, who commanded obedience the current occupant of the office can only envy.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Mulvihill was the keeper of the trophy: the Van Nostrand Challenge Cup, a silver chalice with wintry sailing scenes in bas-relief.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Chalice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chalice. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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