throw of the dice
Example Sentences
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"It was sort of the throw of the dice."
From BBC • May 14, 2026
They are the dominant culture — and filmgoers who have never clutched a 20-sided icosahedron are subject to their throw of the dice.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
"We're heading to Putin's lair, in many ways it's a throw of the dice," one source close to Macron told Reuters.
From Reuters • Feb. 6, 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
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
