dice
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He is warning families struggling to pay soaring fuel bills not to "dice with death" to save money, as a BBC investigation reveals energy theft has risen sharply in the cost-of-living crisis.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
"A piece of bone the size of a dice contains 74 kilometers of tunnels," says Qin.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Once again, Thomas substituted the word’s most natural meaning for an alternative that loads the dice: Miscarriage, he wrote, is what happens any time mail fails “to arrive properly,” no matter the reason.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
The weightings in equities are highest among investors earning the least money, possibly because they feel most in need of rolling the dice.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
Likewise with dice: the probability of rolling a 7 with a pair of dice is 1/6, the same as the conditional probability of rolling a 7 given that the three previous rolls have been 7s.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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