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Crumbley’s appeal maintains this same principle applies to her, though the prosecution has long maintained that her argument is inaccurate and misguided, and that she was convicted fair and square by a jury of her peers.
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Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The other way is to cede nothing but go out and beat them fair and square.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025
And by the way, companies can never buy our recommendation: Their products must earn it, fair and square.
—Avery Stone, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Donald Trump was elected fair and square, and by a landslide.
—Jeff Robbins, Boston Herald, 12 Nov. 2024
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Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The other way is to cede nothing but go out and beat them fair and square.
—The Editors, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025
And by the way, companies can never buy our recommendation: Their products must earn it, fair and square.
—Avery Stone, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Donald Trump was elected fair and square, and by a landslide.
—Jeff Robbins, Boston Herald, 12 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for fair and square
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“Fair and square.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20and%20square. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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