dice
Example Sentences
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Dungeons & Dragons is a tabletop roleplaying game where players create fantasy characters and roll dice to determine whether their actions, like a sword attack or a persuasive argument, are successful against their foes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
“There is no way to slice and dice this report to water down the horrible headline,” writes John Ryding, chief economic advisor at Brean Capital.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
"Rusty Ron comes here and rolls a bit of the dice and some of the time they're sixes, but most of the time they're ones in the last three years," said O'Sullivan.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Previously, the first known dice dated back to the Bronze Age about 5,500 years ago, in such places as Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley of Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
So we rolled poker dice out of a deep leather dice-cup.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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