checkered
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“Last year was magical,” said Palou, who has captured 10 of the last 21 checkered flags, dating to 2024.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
It still features the dazzling double staircase and checkered marble flooring in the grand entryway.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026
Musk’s previous combinations of SolarCity with Tesla and X —formerly Twitter—with xAI point to a checkered history of value creation via mergers.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
All of which is deeply ironic, considering Miami’s famously checkered history of slipping cash to players.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
He had reached the foot of the stairs and now stopped and turned, a leather suitcase in each hand, to face them where they were grouped, in the center of the checkered, tiled expanse.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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