How to Use roll the dice in a Sentence

roll the dice

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  • That alone might be enough for Duren to decide to roll the dice.
    Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • But other elements of his coalition could be willing to roll the dice in a new direction.
    Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Many of these are innocent people who don’t want to roll the dice and go away for decades instead of years, or face an execution.
    Rene Denfeld, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • But even on a one-year rental, the Hawks are rolling the dice without giving up much of anything for one of the best defenders in the league.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The Saints rolled the dice and went for two after scoring a touchdown in overtime after the Lions scored first.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Will Denver roll the dice with Murdock (or Reid/Turner) on the waiver wire?
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Until then, global syndicates will happily roll the dice on street-level arrests while the corporate entities handling the cash enable the pipeline.
    Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
  • So why is Amazon’s Prime Video, which has taken home very few gold statuettes from the Academy in recent years, rolling the dice on the Emmys?
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Drury rolled the dice by sending his 2028 first-rounder to Vegas in the Dorofeyev trade, then doubled down by shipping his 2030 first to the Vancouver Canucks for Pettersson.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 July 2026

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