fair shake

Example Sentences

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"Beijing wants a fair shake at being able to compete globally. They do feel that the environment in certain places has been very restrictive towards Chinese companies. Part of that is the over emphasis on security concerns."

From BBC

Most voters agreed that slavery still affects today’s Black residents, and more than half said California is either not doing enough, or just enough, to ensure a fair shake at success.

From Los Angeles Times

Then Mamdani would get a fair shake, and so would the rest of us.

From Los Angeles Times

“They're just interested in making sure that everybody's got a fair shake to get to it.”

From Salon

So I tried to give it a fair shake.

From Salon