hard-and-fast
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“There doesn’t have to be hard-and-fast rules on what you have in the morning,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Early in the season, Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said he wasn’t going to impose hard-and-fast rules on his players that might prevent them from making a challenge they believe in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
But he said that it’s not clear whether this is a hard-and-fast rule.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
This is why the broadcast limit is not really a hard-and-fast limit.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
But my parents didn't have hard-and-fast rules about our career aspirations.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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