checkered
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He wore his usual casual billionaire outfit — white-and-cardinal Nikes, jeans, checkered shirt with rolled-up sleeves and a colorful Southwestern-style fabric belt.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
It’s also worth remembering the meme-stock ETF’s checkered past.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Musk’s previous combinations of SolarCity with Tesla and X —formerly Twitter—with xAI point to a checkered history of value creation via mergers.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
A series on BritBox blends the police thriller with complex family drama in following a magistrate with a checkered past.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
“It’s very film noir. All we need is a fog machine and a dame with a gun and checkered past.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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