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“We have requested information, as well as fair treatment and humanitarian consideration,” Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told parliament Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Tokyo said Wednesday it had urged Moscow to ensure "fair and impartial treatment" of a Japanese journalist who was arrested by Russia on suspicion of espionage.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
That assessment might be fair or it might be her reputation making you over-analyze her tics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Wives” shares some of the same impulses of Caryl Churchill’s brilliant, time-hopping feminist comedy “Top Girls,” but the comparison isn’t really a fair one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
‘But I’ll carry the waterskin. That’s only fair.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
That’s a fairer way to measure the returns of bond funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Instead, the proposed framework emphasizes research led locally, greater investment in regional collections and scientific infrastructure, stronger taxonomic expertise, long-term monitoring, fairer international partnerships, and closer connections between scientists and decision-makers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
She didn’t want laws and social constructs to be fairer, less dangerous, more fulfilling for women as a concept; she wanted it for you, for me, for the lady in the back row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The reforms made the system "fairer for taxpayers across the country", ministers added.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Shall we make our counsels together against evil days, and repair our injuries with such good will that our estates shall both come to fairer flower than ever before?’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
“There are probably an infinite number of ways. I think the right question is: What is the right and fairest way to share the cost without unduly burdening anyone?”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The fairest answer is that he was partly right, for reasons he did not fully understand, and he exaggerated the promise.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Back in Kent, the decision to get the snip felt like the fairest and most effective form of contraception available to Alex and his wife.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
It identifies every aircraft that is equipped with it, which is why it is the fairest way to prevent private planes from evading landing fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Seven sons had been born to her, brave and beautiful young men, and seven daughters, the fairest of the fair.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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