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Even something that sounds simple and straightforward in the long run, like “large growth” or “large value,” can be a roll of the dice in the short run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

After his success in Makerfield and then the Labour leadership contest, will Andy Burnham fancy another throw of the dice?

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

To play, you had to roll your dice and move your big game piece across these grids I had built all across Harmonee.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

But he also didn’t want to die an old man on a rusted prison cot.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

They were also 36% more likely to die from cancer and 14% more likely to die from heart disease.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

But it will take several more days for the excitement to die down in Kano and as the newlyweds busy themselves with setting up home together.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

"I was afraid that I would die, and I was scared that I wouldn't be able to pursue my dreams," Pawarisa Maylissa, a grade 12 student who hopes to attend medical school, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

One elder stays put, waiting for the others to be out of earshot, and declares, “I would rather die than convert.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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

Now in its fourth season, Robin Thede’s fearless comedy series slices and dices pop culture, race issues, dating woes, feminism, religion and more into 30-minute blasts of fantastically twisted humor.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023

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

“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

I like making homemade cottage cheese tzatziki with grated cucumbers, diced mint, fresh dill, extra-virgin olive oil, garlic powder and salt.

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

AI enters a culture already sliced and diced by the double-edged sword of digital technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Their defenses were diced up by opposing quarterbacks at crucial moments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

In it was some barley, a little sand for grit, bread crumbs, cornmeal, diced apple peels, and sometimes even bugs or worms.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

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

The result was Gabriel dicing them for 341 passing yards, well over Ohio State’s nation-low average of 141.2 yards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

This slicing and dicing of responsibility and accountability has not only failed to manage the space—it has affirmatively made matters worse, and it threatens to continue doing so if we don’t fix it.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023

Two of the guardsmen were dicing together while the third walked rounds, his hand on the pommel of his sword.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin