a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games
she anxiously rolled the dice, hoping to win the jackpot
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Noun
Every story beat, every roll of the dice, felt like a pocket-watch movement ticking inexorably toward one of countless possible conclusions, using every character, item, location, idea in a combination that felt wholly unique to this one playthrough.—Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 The dice chairs are unattributed and the artwork above the windows is by Celeste Fichter.—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 16 May 2026
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Which is exactly what DeSantis and the Legislature have done, along with slicing and dicing existing county, city and district lines in ways Fair Districts also flatly forbid.—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026 Brady, whose cameo marked two years since Hart took shots at the NFL legend during Netflix’s 2024 roast of the quarterback, rocked up to the mic in an all-black outfit and diced up the Jumanji star.—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dice
The hotel is on the corner of Mission Street, which slices diagonally through the city, and the Embarcadero, which hugs the waterfront from the Bay Bridge west to Fisherman’s Wharf.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Hardwood Poke Poke, meaning to cut or slice into chunks in Hawaiian, was born centuries ago as a fisherman’s snack.