dice
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He and thousands of others were ready to roll the dice, and meanwhile, Raman began to catch fire with young progressives who were voting for her rather than against Bass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Cracked trays, high costs and a dice dilemma bogged down one company’s mission to produce a version of the classic game in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"We're rolling the dice with our children," Carter declared at a House of Representatives hearing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
"We are rolling dice with immense risks," Clark said.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The room spills over with sounds of clinking glasses and tumbling dice and whooshing table-lanterns and hissing candles and laughter.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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He would die in Spain, practically penniless, in 1983.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
He would die in Miami just six years later.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Perkins, 57, is a big proponent of giving adult kids money when it can have “a maximum impact in their life,” rather than only after the parents die.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Foresters fear that many older Scots pine trees could die because of fire damage.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
It took thirteen months for a baby manatee to be born, and if the hunting and trapping continued, they were going to die out.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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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
“It dices, it slices! But wait! There’s more!”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Processing tomatoes — those used in products such as canned diced tomatoes and ketchup — are also fetching lower prices than they did a few years ago.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
When Raspados Nayarit serves its tuba compuesta — vibrant pink, chilled and topped with diced apples and peanuts — it is a reminder of home for Colimenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
It came topped with a mound of canned vegetables: peas, corn, carrot coins, potatoes, and diced turnips.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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The slicing and dicing of available tables can mean there are only so many seats at the most sought-after establishments, begetting a sense of scarcity at the highest levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
One minute you’re dicing daikon, the next you look up and it’s midnight.
From Salon ● May 23, 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
“You’re going to need me to do the slicing and dicing, aren’t you?”
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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