dice
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He plans to pay the fine — roughly one game’s worth of pay — pass go and roll the dice again like nothing happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
It makes sense financially for them to roll the dice, but usually not for you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Choosing to take Social Security at 62 versus 70 is a roll of the dice.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
That, and the fact that many of the people making these movies and shows rolled 20-sided dice with their pals back in the day.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Horse grimaced at his dice and dumped them all back into his cup.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
"When CS18 binds to BRCT7/8, the cancer-promoting activities of MYC and mutant p53 decreased, proteins involved in DNA repair became less active and cancer cells were more likely to die," Lin said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Others who closely watch the issue say it’s too soon to tell how many salmon eggs will die, and how the toll this year will compare to previous years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“I care more about the future of Berkshire after I die than during the period I’m alive. It’s my creation,” Buffett told The Wall Street Journal for a 2025 article.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Humpback whale mothers may experience grief when their calves die, a rare observation led by Griffith University and Sea World Foundation has found.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
I can’t let Alex or any of them get hurt, let alone die.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
As an adult, you realize more and more how money slices and dices us into First Class and Priority, the not you’s and the not yets, the zip codes and carets.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2024
At Wellesley College, Dr. Angela Carpenter teaches the foundation of language creation, which she dices into roughly six blocks: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, grammatical rules of verbs, and nouns and what they indicate.
From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2020
As a Duke product working under Cutcliffe with connections to the Manning brothers, Jones often gets labeled as a cerebral signal-caller who dices defenses up mentally.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2019
It slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries!
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2015
“Bueno, ¿Y qué me dices? What’s the news from the sixth-grader?”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
They're 16th in the Championship having diced with relegation last season, eventually finishing 20th in what was Montgomery's breakthrough season.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Myka’s fro-yo is served with toppings like extra-virgin olive oil, diced figs, Maldon salt and a hazelnut cream mixed with the crunch of kataifi, an ingredient made famous by Dubai chocolate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Serve it with warm corn tortillas, diced onion, cilantro and a flavorful salsa, and you have the makings of an outdoor taco night that largely takes care of itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
I like making homemade cottage cheese tzatziki with grated cucumbers, diced mint, fresh dill, extra-virgin olive oil, garlic powder and salt.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
There were all kinds of green vegetables in the chow yuk—string beans and pea pods, and also pieces of diced chicken.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
The bank is undergoing a shake-up under Chief Executive Georges Elhedery, who took over in the fall of 2024 and has set about cutting staff and slicing and dicing divisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
In-between dicing up celery and stirring bubbling meals, which will be distributed to the local area, he's learning more about the charity and what they do.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024
As Winslow explained — dicing chicken, browning andouille sausage, saving the shrimp for last, so it doesn’t overcook — Harris punctuated his narration with a series of small interjections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
This slicing and dicing of responsibility and accountability has not only failed to manage the space—it has affirmatively made matters worse, and it threatens to continue doing so if we don’t fix it.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023
The excitement in the room is palpable as Noah and Dad continue chopping and dicing.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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