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
Alight, Sir Knight, and repose thyself; to-morrow thou shalt have a fair field; and Heaven befriend the juster side!”
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William
M�nnich had at least dissipated the illusion of Ottoman invincibility, and taught the Russian soldier that 100,000 janissaries and spahis were no match, in a fair field, for half that number of grenadiers and hussars.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
