fair share
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fair shares
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Ms. Rundell, though she’s published her fair share of children’s books, hesitates to define children’s literature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Those require millions and sometimes billions of dollars in collateral for companies wanting to use power to hook up data centers, meaning they “bear their fair share of costs to the system.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Banter, a football bar in Brooklyn, sees its fair share of British and European tourists - especially during the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
However, he also saw his fair share of flops: Henry Winkler’s “Monty, “Cafe Americain” with Valerie Bertinelli and a slew of promising pilots that never got off the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Aunt Kitty and I did our fair share of gracious dipping and bowing and bobbing, then we tromped off toward the table.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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