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“You boys not looking for any trouble, are you?” The question was fair. Millat's Crew looked like trouble. —Zadie Smith, White Teeth, (2000) 2001

“I have a good relationship with both Eddie and David. I think they've been fair to me.” —Joni Mitchell, quoted in Rolling Stone, 30 May 1991

Everybody out, the Iraqis said, except CNN. Even CNN isn't sure why they made that decision. Perhaps it is because CNN alone is seen globally. What the Iraqis told us is that they had found our coverage since August to have been “fair.” —Peter Arnett, Washington Post, 25-31 Mar. 1991

That's a fair question, and it deserves an honest reply.

He is known as a very fair man.

I try to be fair to my children.

He claims that the competition wasn't fair.

It's not fair that she gets to leave early and I don't.

a fair and impartial jury

a bargain that is fair to everyone

“What a bad movie!” “Be fair! Parts of it are actually pretty funny.”

I can't say I liked the movie, but, to be fair, parts of it are pretty funny.

She did poorly on the test, but, to be fair, so did a lot of other people.

we expect everyone on this basketball court to play fair

it fair takes your breath away when you find out what properties in London are going for

At night the sparkling lights, hurdy-gurdy music of the merry-go-round, excited children, and screams of the riders on the roller coaster that races overhead recall the gaiety of a carnival midway at a county fair. —Witold Rybczynski, Atlantic, May 1993

Back at the street fair, in the smoky heat among vendors of souvenirs and street food, a flock of kids dances around a boom box playing Lionel Richie. —Barbara Kingsolver, New York Times Magazine, 12 Sept. 1993

“Do you like to go out? You know, party?” “Who doesn't?” “Well, the Ebony Fashion Fair is in three weeks. You want to go?” —Terry McMillan, Waiting to Exhale, 1992