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We also give fair warning to Fasano that the JI will continue to question him on local, state, and national issues that affect our readership.

From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2017

But several demonstrators said the police were overly aggressive and did not give fair warning.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2015

When prototypes finally fly out for testing, the FAA had better give fair warning to the towns below.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2014

You seldom accomplish ends by indirect means or circuitous routes, but unfurl your banner, take your position and give fair warning of the course you intend to pursue.

From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted

He resolved to take no denial, but to give fair warning, before it was too late, that he was laying siege to her heart.

From Opening a Chestnut Burr by Roe, Edward Payson




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