fair field
Example Sentences
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"Our players do not seek favours, they seek a fair field," said one prominent agent.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
It is apparent that that gentleman is not familiar with the customs in the fair field of academia.
From Time Magazine Archive
The occurrence: In a fair field of turnips near Lyme Regis* grazed Nelly, a young mother cow.
From Time Magazine Archive
But prudence would have gone with the bolder move of his entire command east of the mountain against McClellan’s rear, with a fair field for strategy and tactics.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James
This scattering of the Rebel forces made Sherman's task comparatively easy, as their combined army would hardly have been a match for Sherman in a pitched battle on a fair field.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton
