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fair to middling



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Isaac cage match, which supplies fair to middling action and sentiment and consistently satisfying laughs.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Seems as if their defense might be at least fair to middling.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2022

Just a fair to middling QB otherwise, those victories cemented Manning’s place as a legendary New York sports figure.

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2017

I would wager that we’ve all played video games in which in the interactive elements are fair to middling but which achieve greatness nonetheless.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2015

I used to show signs of growing up to be fair to middling intelligent, once.

From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair




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