fair play
Example Sentences
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Confronted with the rules of fair play, the reader was enjoined to solve the case alongside the detective, which required seeing through the author’s sleights of hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The International Olympic Committee said on Saturday it hoped for "fair play" after US Vice President JD Vance was booed at the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
“This is about the integrity of sport and code of ethics that upholds sportsmanship, fair play, integrity, respect and community,” Uhlaender said in a post on X.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Is it in the sense of the game or fair play?
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
Soon his ingenious criminal methods, coupled with his singular love of fair play, found him a warm place in the nation’s heart.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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