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Recent Examples of chalice
With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.
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Literary Hub, 19 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
To an extent Amorim was handed a chalice which has felt forever poisoned.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Some objects such as an Etruscan chalice predate the Christian era, while others are much newer, like tiger-feet slippers once owned by singer Freddie Mercury of the rock band Queen.
—Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 19 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
To an extent Amorim was handed a chalice which has felt forever poisoned.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Some objects such as an Etruscan chalice predate the Christian era, while others are much newer, like tiger-feet slippers once owned by singer Freddie Mercury of the rock band Queen.
—Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chalice
Noun
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Inspired by Greek mythology and other schools of mysticism, Hecate is a candlelit space meant to savor high-concept, theatrical cocktails that arrive in eccentric goblets and bowls.—
Tanya Edwards,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
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Stick them in a fancy goblet, picnic pail, or mint julep cup, depending on the event.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
Noun
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One casualty was his lovely Princeton apartment, which never came together, more grad-student than dean in its feel, a lonely refrigerator in the kitchen holding only a cup of iced coffee or a jar of mayonnaise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Pour about 1/4 cup of canola, flaxseed, or vegetable oil over the surface of the griddle, and scrub the oil into the surface using a pumice grill block.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
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“Chalice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chalice. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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