roll the dice

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: to assume a risk by taking action

rolled the dice when they bought those stocks

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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

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