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cast the die



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Norwich's 4-1 loss to Liverpool in 2019-20 cast the die for a season in which they conceded 75 goals.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2023

That cast the die for a field that has faced recurrent patterns of overpromise and under-delivery, hubris and long, wound-licking winters of discontent.

From Nature ● Oct. 1, 2019

More interesting than the results of the New Hampshire primary is that it has cast the die for the Democratic race moving forward.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2016

The wilted but grinning Jinnah declared "We have cast the die."

From Time Magazine Archive

Just why it should have done so I do not know, but somehow the "Shiny" incident gave me encouragement and confidence to cast the die of my fate.

From The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson


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