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fare

[fair] / fɛər /
NOUN
amount charged for transportation
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So how did the new faces fare after an eventful first weekend of the new campaign?

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

He is now grafting other varieties onto his Dabinett trees, plants that fare better in hot dry weather.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

States with older or less healthy populations would face higher costs, while younger, healthier states would fare better.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

For more-unusual fare, Monzani recommends the local polpettone.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

After a little while I would walk home, giving my fare to my mother, since even before the war, in my family, money was scarce.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

The Night Owl fares cover select trains departing from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. in cities between Washington, D.C. and Boston.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

It will be very interesting to see how Forest start, and how Glasner fares.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Travellers are hoping that opening the line to competition will drive down prices for tickets that can often be more expensive than Paris-to-London airline fares.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

In animated renditions streaming on HBO Max, the Green Lantern fares much better.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

The railroads had made it known early and forcefully that they had no plans to discount their Chicago fares for the exposition.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

A look at how the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland fared during Week 1.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

However, Asia fared better, with tech-rich Seoul helped by a rally in chipmakers Samsung and SK hynix, with the former said to be planning a shareholder return worth as much as $79 billion.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Of course, they still fared better than Bessent and Rubio, who were offered up as a potential sacrifice on Air Force One.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

New Mobile Brigade Combat Teams, equipped with the latest gear and tactics, have fared much better in exercises, the Army official said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The rest of his lower body has fared pretty well, just one tracker jacker sting and a few small burns that I treat quickly.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

This year’s class of IPOs is faring better.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Tokyo shed more than two percent, with Kioxia off around 10 percent and investment giant SoftBank faring little better.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

They aren’t living drab or depressing lives when the Guardians of the Universe activate them — they’re faring pretty well, all things considered.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

A team of volunteers has also been trained to carry out spring and autumn field surveys across the area to record how wild birds are faring.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

I couldn’t even imagine how the rickety insulin bucket might be faring.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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