fair field

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"Our players do not seek favours, they seek a fair field," said one prominent agent.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

It is apparent that that gentleman is not familiar with the customs in the fair field of academia.

From Time Magazine Archive

The occurrence: In a fair field of turnips near Lyme Regis* grazed Nelly, a young mother cow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boldly it demands a fair field only and no favour; equal rights, political and social, identical education and training, identical economic opportunities and avocations, an identical morale, personal and public.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

It is a pity some of the members of teetotalism do not undertake a proselytizing expedition to China, for in these intellectual entertainments of the people they would find a fair field for their labour.

From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.