fair and square
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“We are here, we have won elections fair and square, and there’s not much they can do about it,” said Grace Mausser, co-chair of the DSA chapter in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
My daughters also have powers of attorney on all of my bank accounts, and my husband has his children listed as POD on his accounts as well, so that is fair and square.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
"I'm looking forward to a fantastic fight, Oleksandr won the first fight fair and square," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
Mr. Judge himself also expressed interest in obtaining his record-breaking ball, but he acknowledged that Mr. Youmans caught it fair and square.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
I tell myself I let her win, but she’s beat me fair and square.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
“Maybe this is kind of a fair-and-square deal, I guess, to lose a match like this for me here.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
What’s fair-and-square about a fan army collectively handpicking which songs will top the Hot 100?
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2021
This seems, on its own, to be a fair-and-square working of capitalism.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2014
But lurking amid the signs touting the fair-and-square policy I saw a “limited time only” 25 percent discount on Stafford work clothes and various items marked “clearance.”
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2013
We have made impartial, fair-and-square tests of every known method of treatment.
From Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured by Cluthe Rupture Institute
