fair play
Example Sentences
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Confronted with the rules of fair play, the reader was enjoined to solve the case alongside the detective, which required seeing through the author’s sleights of hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Mr. Curran discusses two works in particular that helped tilt the balance in favor of fair play, both published in 1913.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
“This is about the integrity of sport and code of ethics that upholds sportsmanship, fair play, integrity, respect and community,” Uhlaender said in a post on X.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
"I just said, if she plays like this all match and I cannot raise my level, fair play to her. But I was able to raise my level."
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
He says the business of throwing pebbles into bowls with the most pebbles winning an election—that was Belgium’s idea of fair play, but to people here it was peculiar.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
