How to Use a roll of the dice in a Sentence

a roll of the dice

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• But providing consistent power to the 27 million residents of the third-largest state is not a roll of the dice.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
• In a country where thousands of people disappear every year and mass graves keep turning up, surviving a night of work as a driver for hire can feel like a roll of the dice.
  — Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
• Signing Justin Fields to replace Aaron Rodgers at QB this offseason was a roll of the dice.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
• Anticlimactic, but a summit nonetheless Week 18 is always a roll of the dice in the NFL.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
• Norris was gifted the win by the stewards at Silverstone and then again by a roll of the dice on strategy in Hungary—when Piastri had clearly been the better driver at both races and deserved the wins.
  — Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• Sheepstealer, the wild, untamed dragon claimed by Lady Rhaena (Phoebe Campbell), is still a roll of the dice after going rogue during the Gullet onslaught.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026