How to Use fair shake in a Sentence

fair shake

noun
  • But someday those users will ask questions and demand a fair shake.
    — Nir Kaissar, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The two voters also disagree on whether end-title songs get a fair shake.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Can those border agents get a fair shake from their superiors now?
    — Scott Jennings, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
  • But maybe the show, based on a story people had so many feelings about, wasn’t given a fair shake.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Stop taking advantage of the bettors and give them a fair shake every day.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2021
  • Sure, liberals and Democrats were never going to give him a fair shake.
    — Jay Cost, National Review, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Still, Kelley urges residents to give the new venue a fair shake before writing it off.
    — Justin L. MacK, The Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2021
  • American chicken gets a fair shake in Europe, and French brandy flows freely here.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2018
  • Atlanta, when judged by almost every investment metric, gets a fair shake.
    — Veena Jetti, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Now the only backstop is the courts where aggrieved innovators attempt to get a fair shake.
    — Roslyn Layton, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • How is he supposed to get a fair shake in Paradise when his past crappy actions made everyone hate him?
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • How Henderson wanted assurances that his sons could have a fair shake from the police.
    — Margaret Coker, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The productivity data present something of a muddle even if he is given a fair shake.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 6 June 2018
  • Justice is meant to signal a rightful balance, an evening of the scales that govern our country, or a ‘fair shake’ as white people say.
    — Chelsea Sanders, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2021
  • In trials of both drugs, there were questions raised by FDA reviewers about whether warfarin got a fair shake.
    — John Fauber and Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • This nation deserves a legitimate commission that gives a fair shake to the evidence.
    — John Wagner, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Chandler voters will decide on city leaders this year, but some worry independent voters aren't getting a fair shake.
    — Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, azcentral, 26 Mar. 2018
  • In other words, for every 100 juvenile fish sent to the ocean, four would have to return to fresh water and get a fair shake at spawning.
    — ProPublica, 4 June 2022
  • Self-esteem falls and anxiety rises when people are trying to make it in a country where they are taught as children that they may never be given a fair shake.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Two politicians who spoke to IndyStar wondered whether past women candidates got a fair shake from voters.
    — Chris Sikich, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2020
  • Sharp says the process ensures that anyone can get a fair shake at a nomination because panel members are required to watch every submission.
    — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 20 May 2021
  • These champion advocates are shaping the future of student loans and tirelessly working to ensure that student loan borrowers get a fair shake.
    — Zack Friedman, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Political partisans will probably never believe that a journalist with ties to the opposing party will give them a fair shake.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The Biden administration will increase consumer protection so that student loan borrowers get a fair shake with their student loans.
    — Zack Friedman, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • And voters will give it a fair shake, since leading man Joaquin Phoenix feels like a safe bet for a Best Actor nomination, at minimum.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Social injustice isn’t washed away by one man’s good story, and the locks on the cells of countless minorities who did not get a fair shake were bolted as firmly shut as ever on Tuesday night.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2018
  • While this year's Grammys have been praised for finally giving hip-hop a fair shake, the Lorde controversy brings a lack of gender equality to the forefront.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • However, there remains an enthralled tract of Zelda lifers who believe that Skyward Sword never received a fair shake.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 29 May 2021
  • Sometimes, just the perception of getting a fair shake is as powerful as the actual outcome, judges and legal experts testified Thursday.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
  • These issues are likely to hurt all of its workers, and since this is one of the few industries where Black people appear to get a fair shake, they will be disproportionately affected.
    — Karen Ho, Quartz, 7 Aug. 2020

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