fair field
Example Sentences
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"Our players do not seek favours, they seek a fair field," said one prominent agent.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
The occurrence: In a fair field of turnips near Lyme Regis* grazed Nelly, a young mother cow.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is apparent that that gentleman is not familiar with the customs in the fair field of academia.
From Time Magazine Archive
But prudence would have gone with the bolder move of his entire command east of the mountain against McClellan’s rear, with a fair field for strategy and tactics.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
He might say that the game was called too soon, that various circumstances continually favoured his rival, that in a perfectly fair field he would have shown himself at least equal.
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin
