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Choosing to take Social Security at 62 versus 70 is a roll of the dice.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

And this time the roll of the dice didn’t work, with Turkey getting its only win of the tournament on its last touch of the World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

That, and the fact that many of the people making these movies and shows rolled 20-sided dice with their pals back in the day.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

In his time as Scotland head coach, Steve Clarke has been pelted with flak for his risk-averse management, his innate caution, his reluctance to roll the dice.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Since the dice are independent, your chances that a 4 will come up on all three dice are Ye x Vs x Vs — V21&; so, approximately l/216th of the time you’ll win $3.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Philosophers call this tendency “hauntology”: Political ideas and movements may die, but they continue to haunt our present.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 333,000 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2026 and that more than 36,000 will die from the disease.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Seeing them die, one by one, as their cases drag on thanks to bureaucratic intransigence engenders an almost primal sense of outrage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

More than half of those with pancreatic cancer die within three months of diagnosis.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

"Master, master, don't die," Sancho said between sobs.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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

“No, I know that smile. It is a cruel queen who dices with men’s hearts. Humble merchants like myself are no more than stones beneath your jeweled sandals.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

Serve it with warm corn tortillas, diced onion, cilantro and a flavorful salsa, and you have the makings of an outdoor taco night that largely takes care of itself.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 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

My supermarket frequently runs 10-for-$10 deals on canned goods, which is essentially my signal to replenish the pantry backbone: black beans, chickpeas, navy beans, diced tomatoes.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

Heylmun settled on pasta preceded by roasted-pumpkin chowder with a sprinkling of celery and onion, finished with crème fraîche and bacon-braised cranberry beans garnished with diced pumpkin, fried sage, and toasted pumpkin seeds.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

The bank is undergoing a shake-up under Chief Executive Georges Elhedery, who took over in the fall of 2024 and has set about cutting staff and slicing and dicing divisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

On the way loans were being made by private credit, Mr Bailey said there was starting to be "what used to be called sort of slicing and dicing and tranching of loan structures".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025

I am disappointed, once again, to experience the continual and consistent slicing and dicing of what was once a great daily publication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

A few days later, I used the spread as the base of a delicious lentil soup when I didn't feel like slicing and dicing fresh vegetables.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2023

“Past time,” he said, when Frog found him dicing with Beans and Books and Old Bill Bone, and losing yet again.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin