fair shake
Example Sentences
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Teams have long relationships with his competitors and sometimes don’t give Light a fair shake, he said, so the company will approach players through their agents, family members or financial advisers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
I felt like they were never going to get a fair shake at life,” the actor added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Then Mamdani would get a fair shake, and so would the rest of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025
“They're just interested in making sure that everybody's got a fair shake to get to it.”
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025
It's my neighborhood, and I've been here long enough to know that guys like Tariq Johnson don't always get a fair shake.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
