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as in copes
to meet one's day-to-day needs
residents of the flood-ravaged town are faring much better than one might have expected
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as in progresses
to move forward along a course
families can be seen faring along the road to the campground while driving or towing all manner of conveyance
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as in eats
to take a meal
diners at this charming country inn will fare sumptuously in an authentic colonial atmosphere
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Recent Examples of fares
Everton appear locked in a cycle where their starting No 9 flatters to deceive, is left out for the next game, but then the replacement fares little better.
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Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Stevens’ own tribe, the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, fares a little better with about 80% of its revenue coming from gaming.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Kansas City was still able to pick up a first down on the next play, but how Simmons fares on the edge tonight will be an important subplot in this game.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
On one side is Gad, who fares shockingly well.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
For Chicago, there is much interest in how Caleb Williams fares with Ben Johnson taking over as the head coach.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Financially, Mexico also fares well, though safety and air quality continue to drag down its overall Quality of Life ranking.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
And while the Dolphins defense usually fares better, the unit definitely got outplayed.
—Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Stevens’ own tribe, the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, fares a little better with about 80% of its revenue coming from gaming.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Kansas City was still able to pick up a first down on the next play, but how Simmons fares on the edge tonight will be an important subplot in this game.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
On one side is Gad, who fares shockingly well.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
For Chicago, there is much interest in how Caleb Williams fares with Ben Johnson taking over as the head coach.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Financially, Mexico also fares well, though safety and air quality continue to drag down its overall Quality of Life ranking.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
And while the Dolphins defense usually fares better, the unit definitely got outplayed.
—Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fares
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Unlike other forms of stress, exercise stress is a good thing, because the body copes with it in a positive way.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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Healing does not look the same for everyone, and the way each person copes with distress can vary greatly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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As the book progresses, some of the children in the photographs are older and more in control of their outward expression, but scraps of strangeness or incongruity always peek through.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Many things can and will transpire as the season progresses.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The logic was that whichever company won the delivery wars would have access to a potential consumer base of everyone who eats.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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Right-wing figures have fixated on how Mamdani eats rice with his fingers, which is how it's traditionally eaten where his family originates in India.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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There’s a lot of stuff in the ocean, and marine debris tends to aggregate in the same places as does the whale sharks’ primary prey.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Maybe the bench does it more naturally, but the running didn’t stop when the starters were together.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Even if the case proceeds, most of the East Wing has already been torn down, making a work stoppage largely symbolic.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Preoccupied, Laz ignores his phone and proceeds with his work, where a ranting and raving Arlo declares that God is going to punish him.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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As Thursday’s episode opens, Carrie dines alone at a futuristic Asian restaurant with robot waiters whizzing past.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
14 Aug. 2025
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The story goes that at the homecoming pep rally in 1995, then-student body president Michael Torregrossa was pushed into the pond by other student government members.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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These spots are all gone, but now, due in part to the rise of #BookTok, where genre fiction often goes viral, booksellers are once again getting more targeted in their approach.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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President Donald Trump‘s deployments of the National Guard to protect federal officials and assets in California, Oregon, and Illinois have faced several lawsuits and a variety of rulings as the issue marches through federal courts.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Oct. 2025
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Hurricanes score on opening drive Miami marches down the field on its opening drive, with Carson Beck’s 8-yard pass to freshman and former West Broward standout Josh Moore resulting in a touchdown.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Fares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fares. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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