throw of the dice
Example Sentences
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The only difficulty: this vision requires another throw of the dice and potentially further billions of francs in fresh capital.
From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2022
Now it's got to succeed, and Russia has got to come out as the clear victor, if his throw of the dice is to win the game.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2022
In one last desperate throw of the dice, Dostoevsky decided to embark on a new novel, even though it had been some years since he had enjoyed critical or commercial success.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021
When it got to that level, it was a throw of the dice.
From Salon • May 23, 2020
He, who staked ten thousand on the throw of the dice and laughed, became more hard and mean in business, and sometimes dreamt of money at night.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
