checkered
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We are here because one spring day in May, Joshua Fox, a 31-year-old Black disabled veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder and a checkered past, stood up and stress-tested Eatherly’s business model.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Cadiz project was the brainchild of British-born Keith Brackpool, who had a checkered record as an investment promoter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
But the recovery remains tenuous in a retail district still checkered with empty stores—including a three-level space in a struggling nearby mall that Nordstrom abandoned last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
They have a checkered performance history and can be difficult to sell.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
I dressed in a pair of overalls, which I hated because they had suspenders, and a flannel checkered shirt, which Mama had bought at the Goodwill store.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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