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"chequered" Definitions
  1. chequered past/history/career a person’s past, etc. that contains both successful and not successful periods
  2. having a pattern of squares of different colours

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M&S also added another chapter to its chequered history abroad.
It was perhaps the most successful venture of his chequered life.
Whatever's happening, it's another strange turn in its brief but chequered history.
The chequered flag came down with a total of 17 laps recorded.
The chequered flag was waved a lap early by model Winnie Harlow.
Each has a chequered past; most have had run-ins with the law.
The history of the crazily ambitious project known as the Elbphilharmonie had been chequered.
Russia's oil industry has a chequered record on carrying out requests to cut production.
This article was originally published on Noisey UK Grime has endured a chequered relationship.
And depending on where you find yourself in Europe, unequivocal access is already chequered.
The London exchange also has a chequered history with companies from resource-rich regions.
The sport has seen several chequered flag mix-ups in the hands of celebrities.
The Republican party has a long and chequered history when it comes to reproductive rights.
Will.i.am has a chequered history of making pieces of consumer technology that nobody really wants.
Frank was having a difficult time finding a job, in part because of his chequered past.
"Harmonized Chequered Emblem," as Tokolo's design is called, stood out a bit from the other three finalists.
Conversion therapy has a chequered history, with the influence of psychiatrist Sigmund Freud casting a long shadow.
China's efforts to develop national champions in what it calls "pillar industries" have a decidedly chequered record.
She is just coming out of the bathroom, swathed in a red and white chequered dressing gown.
He had some anxious moments after the chequered flag, however, as stewards investigated the Haas driver's complaints.
While Japan is home to many of the world's leading martial arts, MMA has a chequered history there.
With this change of name came a meaningful development in the chequered history of the Copa del Rey.
He stayed ahead the entire race, he crossed the chequered flag first, for us he's the moral winner.
After almost four hours he took the chequered flag as the winner, with 300,000 fans cheering him home.
Beckham also stuck to her signature silhouette of fitted skirt suits, which were chequered, and wide-leg trousers.
What if it was a borderline case when it came to vetting—say, an oligarch with a chequered past?
Classic cars and wine have jointly taken the chequered flag in the latest Knight Frank Luxury Index released Thursday.
Meghan wore a brown chequered coat and a simple black dress, while Harry was in a dark gray suit.
What that means in practice is hosting exhibitions which grapple with Bethlem's chequered legacy of healing, coercion, and shame.
Wearing her trademark black-and-white chequered Arab scarf when she returned home, Tamimi greeted dozens of well-wishers.
In the annals of a city with a rich and chequered religious history, this was a most unusual Catholic funeral.
Rossi took the chequered flag 0.797 behind Dovizioso with Spanish team mate Maverick Vinales, last year's winner in Qatar, sixth.
China and India, the two most populous countries in the world and Asia's economic giants, have had a chequered history.
THE floors in the Mayfair mansion where Anil Agarwal, an Indian tycoon, lives in London are made of chequered marble.
And it does look like actively managed funds had a pretty decent 2017, certainly relative to their chequered recent past.
The winning design, a "harmonized chequered emblem," was chosen among four logos shortlisted by the Tokyo 2020 emblems selection committee.
He responded by winning his home race for the fourth year in a row, dominating from pole to chequered flag.
He had raised both hands to his helmet as he took the chequered flag, with the crowd rising to applaud.
It does not, however, mention Mr Gradwell's somewhat chequered past, which includes being convicted of firearms offences while living in America.
He took the chequered flag 3.8 seconds clear of his team mate, who had been within a second at one point.
Winning back the gaming empire he founded five decades ago is just the latest challenge Okada faces in a chequered career.
But that would leave little margin for further losses – likely given the banks' history of chequered lending – and potential litigation risks.
Vettel and Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc said the chequered flag signal had not come up on their steering wheel displays.
And if the Ferrari driver retires during the race, Hamilton will be world champion before he has even seen the chequered flag.
Previous games have featured the hyper-militaristic, super-advanced Thargoid race, who have had an extremely chequered history with the human race.
Despite their chequered qualifying campaign, it would be a shock if Die Mannschaft didn't reach the semi-finals at the very least.
Some looks featured leather jackets paired with whispier, polka-dotted skirts, while chequered prints in red, green and black dominated other outfits.
Achleitner's record of installing executives and overseeing the lender has been chequered, said one of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Abduljalie, a retired tailor wearing a chequered sarong, says he has voted for PAN at every election since it was founded in 1999.
Developers and investors have their doubts about Facebook, given its chequered history: it made life difficult for developers of applications for its website.
In a bizarre ending to the race, and to Vettel's consternation, the chequered flag was waved a lap early by model Winnie Harlow.
Hamilton and Mercedes also have a chequered history in Singapore, even if now retired 2016 champion team mate Nico Rosberg won there last year.
Ferrari's Vettel led the race from pole to chequered flag, apart from pitstops, but was demoted to second place by a five second penalty.
Altruists acknowledge a chequered past, give thanks for today's blessings and look forward to a better future—a straight line sloping up across time.
Private equity has also had a chequered history in Japan, where companies often throw lifelines to each other rather than rely on outside cash.
Hours later, Angela Missoni's take on Japan featured the fashion house's iconic multi-coloured weaves alongside chequered woollen trousers and tracksuit-like velvet pants.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Bearded and boisterous, the man wearing a chequered keffiya scarf sings a religious song as several Iranians in fatigues beat their chests feverishly.
The biggest incident was a crash for Nico Hulkenberg two minutes before the chequered flag that brought out the red flags and ended the session.
"First priority is to finish the race, see the chequered flag, execute the race good enough to feel proud on the last one," said Alonso.
The other new book, "Evening in Paradise", is a batch of 22 fresh stories, in which Berlin once again makes original art from her chequered life.
Alonso shared the number eight Toyota TS050 hybrid with Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi and Japan's Kazuki Nakajima, who secured pole position and took the chequered flag.
The team, five times runners-up, missed out last year when their leading car broke down on the final lap only minutes from the chequered flag.
The stewards eventually handed Leclerc post-race time penalties totalling 15 seconds for two incidents, dropping him to seventh place from sixth at the chequered flag.
Japanese driver Kazuki Nakajima had been on course to take the chequered flag when he reported a problem before slowing with less than five minutes remaining.
France has something of a chequered relationship with the U.S., although diplomatic relations between Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron seem to have warmed slightly.
Japanese driver Kazuki Nakajima had been on course to take the chequered flag when sudden drama unfolded as he reported a problem with five minutes remaining.
Set up to deal with the most serious and complex fraud cases, the SFO has had a chequered record in securing convictions over its 28-year history.
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) - A lucky race fan will wave the chequered flag at the end of Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix in a departure from Formula One convention.
Aabar has a chequered past, having borrowed aggressively to build up its holdings around the turn of the decade but then suffering heavy losses as investments turned sour.
The German, savoring his fourth win of the season and 46th of his Formula One career, took the chequered flag 0.9 seconds ahead of team mate Kimi Raikkonen.
Three were founded on the notion that immigrants could go there and create a new life; the other, Britain, has a long, if chequered, tradition of cosmopolitan tolerance.
Wearing Doc Martens boots and chequered trousers, Wadler appeared entirely unfazed by her role as a Davos participant, saying she hoped to inspire as well as being inspired.
Wearing Doc Martens boots and chequered trousers, Wadler appeared entirely unfazed by her role as a Davos participant, saying she hoped to inspire as well as being inspired.
In four months, he built the biggest majority since Ukraine's independence in 1991, helped by votersʼ frustration with Mr Poroshenkoʼs chequered leadership and their hopes for a better future.
The SFO, set up to deal with the most serious and complex fraud cases, has had a chequered record in securing white collar convictions over its 28-year history.
For them, we were a bunch of innocent bastards wearing chequered caps and high-buttoned polo shirts, but they didn't have a clue how we behaved on match days.
Belgium has struggled to contain a threat from hundreds of young men, many with chequered criminal histories and from the country's substantial Moroccan immigrant community, who have traveled to Syria.
By contrast stiff, proper Jeb, though in some ways, including his bilingual household, less conventional than George W., seems like a man prone to wear chequered golfing slacks to unwind.
The retail giant refused to answer the senators' questions — but it rapidly severed its contracts with three major delivery companies whose chequered safety records had been spotlighted in our reporting.
In a terse press conference later he was asked whether any of the Australian greats such as Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall or Tony Roche had been inspirations for his chequered career.
LONDON (Reuters) - Chequered flags have always been the driving force for McLaren but the iconic British motorsport brand will be focussing its considerable power on chasing yellow jerseys next year too.
Netflix has confirmed that it was in the race to sign Jeremy Clarkson last year but was beaten to the chequered flag by a knockout bid from Amazon Prime Instant Video.
"The car, the way it's designed, for years it just doesn't work particularly that great here," said the triple champion whose Mercedes team have a chequered history at the twisty Singapore track.
The response highlighted the depth of demand for AT21, the most subordinated layer of bank debt, enabling RBI to claim the second lowest coupon for a euro AT21 despite its chequered history.
" Vettel revealed Ferrari had committed fairly early to a two-stop plan, adding: "It was probably the right thing to do in terms of getting to the chequered flag the quickest way.
It may be no coincidence that Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull are the teams with the biggest budgets, and subsequently are the ones taking the chequered flag on a more regular basis.
Britain has a chequered past when it comes to delivering large infrastructure projects on time and within budget, including high-profile overspends such as the Millennium Dome and the 2012 Olympic Games.
The team had given notice of their intention to appeal on Sunday, with Vettel leading from start to finish but losing out to Mercedes' championship leader Lewis Hamilton after the chequered flag.
Taking the chequered flag at Monza, Ferrari's home circuit, in front of tens of thousands of wildly celebrating fans and for his second Formula One victory in eight days, Leclerc was overwhelmed.
The 34-year-old Mercedes driver led every lap from pole position to chequered flag, banging in a fastest lap for good measure to emphasize his supremacy under the Yas Marina floodlights.
The FIA said in a statement after a World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris that the waved chequered flag would be reinstated next season as the "definitive end-of-race signal".
The 34-year-old Mercedes driver led every lap from pole position to chequered flag, banging in a fastest lap for good measure to emphasize his supremacy under the Yas Marina floodlights.
Recriminations for the qualifying format, which was approved only two weeks before the season opener, continued to fly around the paddock well after the last chequered flag waved with no drivers on track.
The Spaniard shared the number eight TS050 hybrid with Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi and Japan's Kazuki Nakajima, who had taken pole position on Thursday and drove the final stint to the chequered flag.
The Briton took the chequered flag 163 seconds ahead of Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas, who was pushed hard at the end by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in a short-lived moment of tension.
He won gold at the inaugural European Games in Azerbaijan last year but was a late addition to the Ireland team for Rio and has had a chequered past over breaches of discipline.
As he took the chequered flag, the driver who has stood out for his level-headed calmness under pressure and resilience in the most difficult of personal circumstances, let it all come out.
At Spain's Circuit de Catalunya the weekend before last, Russian rookie Sergey Sirotkin was last of those still running at the chequered flag while Canadian team mate Lance Stroll was 11th of 14.
The UK government has a chequered history with Greybull, after the collapse of airline Monarch in 2017 forced it to repatriate more than 100,000 stranded tourists at a cost of about 60 million pounds.
GREYBULL'S CHEQUERED HISTORY "The collapse of British Steel would be devastating for thousands of jobs in Scunthorpe, as well as in the wider supply chain," opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Twitter.
For comparison think of the Brazil soccer team at a home World Cup, Andy Murray, pre-hip surgery, and his annual Wimbledon quest or a Ferrari driver racing for the chequered flag at Monza.
Vettel has led the championship from the outset in Australia, arriving in Monza seven points clear of Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton after a knife-edge battle to the chequered flag in Belgium last weekend.
The German, who felt lucky to see the chequered flag after a penultimate lap puncture at the British Grand Prix, finished seventh with Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton triumphant in front of his home crowd.
Individual learning accounts have a somewhat chequered history—fraudulent training providers helped scupper a British experiment in the early 2000s—but if well designed, they can offer workers educational opportunities without being overly prescriptive.
"This is a win for us, this is a win," an emotional Grosjean had said on the team radio on Sunday after taking the chequered flag at the end of the team's debut race.
When Max Verstappen took the chequered flag in first place after 23 grueling laps, the Dutchman insured he'd rightly monopolise around half of the coverage, with the other half going to the Mercedes clash.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mascot-loving Japan has two new characters to get excited about after two futuristic designs with pointy ears and chequered patterns were unveiled on Wednesday to promote the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
Kyrios has admitted "tanking" or not trying in several matches throughout his chequered career and in Rome this year walked off court mid-match after hurling a chair in a match against Caspar Ruud.
Under new rules introduced this year, a digital chequered flag mounted on the starting lights gantry took precedence over the physical flag, which was still waved as before when cars crossed the finish line.
So when the next round of redistricting comes early in the coming decade, states with chequered histories of racial discrimination will no longer be required to get their maps approved by the Department of Justice.
A credible and relatively calm poll would open a new chapter in the chequered political history of Nigeria, where nearly six decades of independence have been tarnished by military coups, endemic corruption and secessionist movements.
A credible and relatively calm vote would open a new chapter in the chequered political history of Nigeria, where nearly six decades of independence have been tarnished by military coups, endemic corruption and secessionist movements.
Spaniard Rins held the lead off the line but Dovizioso passed him on the main straight on the next lap, before pulling away to take the chequered flag with a healthy advantage of 2.75 seconds.
He took the chequered flag in 11th place, which stood as his worst finish since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix, until penalties for Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi moved him up two places.
That left the number two Porsche, shared by German Timo Bernhard and New Zealanders Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber, to move surprisingly back into contention and take the chequered flag with Bernhard at the wheel.
Grosjean has a chequered record in Formula One, famously dubbed a 'first lap nutcase' by now-retired Australian Mark Webber in an accident-filled 2012 season that led to him serving a one-race suspension.
"You have done an amazing job today," team boss Christian Horner said after Ricciardo took the chequered flag 13 seconds clear of Vettel for his second win of the season and seventh of his career.
Red Bull's Dutch youngster Max Verstappen took a surprise second after starting 18th in a thrilling finale with the top three cars running nose-to-tail and separated by just 2.1 seconds at the chequered flag.
In a race that started with chaos, and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel being shunted into the wall by Red Bull's Russian Daniil Kvyat, Rosberg had an untroubled afternoon from pole to chequered flag for his 18th career win.
SILVERSTONE, England (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton turned Silverstone into his own personal mosh pit on Sunday, riding a wave of energy to the chequered flag before celebrating his fourth British Grand Prix victory with some impromptu crowd-surfing.
Indonesia has had a "chequered past" in terms of air safety, including hull losses such as those experienced by Lion Air, and there is room to improve, said Shukor Yusof, the head of aviation consultancy Endau Analytics.
The UK government has a chequered history with Greybull, after the collapse of the firm's airline Monarch in 2017 forced the government to repatriate more than 100,000 stranded tourists at a cost of about 60 million pounds.
The five times world champion held on, taking the chequered flag for his fourth win of the season and third in Monaco, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel the runner-up after a time penalty demoted Verstappen to fourth.
SEOUL (Reuters) - The "peace village" of Panmunjom, with its cluster of distinctive bright blue buildings and chequered history of defections, tension and murder, is an apt choice for the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade.
Hamilton's seventh win on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve equalled Michael Schumacher's record but it came only after Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who had led from pole to chequered flag, was demoted to second place by a five second penalty.
While it wants to pay annual bonuses to stave off staff defections and remain competitive globally, it also wants to make good on its commitment to Germans, who are wary after Deutsche Bank's chequered history on Wall Street.
Gasly let out a lung-busting scream as he took the chequered flag, a mere 0.1 of a second ahead of the Mercedes of six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton and he struggled to focus on the podium.
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Prayer mats, chequered scarves, black fatigues, and bullet-ridden walls mark the hideout where the "emir" of Islamic State in Southeast Asia spent months preparing the most brazen and devastating militant attack in the region.
Marquez, clipped by French rookie Johann Zarco early in the race, bided his time and hit the front six laps from the end before racing away to take the chequered flag and moving to 269 points in the championship.
After equaling France's five times champion Alain Prost in the all-time list of winners, but still 40 behind Schumacher, the Mercedes driver said he had feared not making it to his first pitstop let alone the chequered flag.
"This is your win," he was told over the radio but a mistake three laps from the end primed the Ferrari 'tifosi' for the party as Leclerc took the chequered flag first for the second time in eight days.
Despite the church's chequered history in the region (it is credited with educating millions of poor children but blamed for its complicity with colonialism and the economic exploitation that followed), many indigenous people see the institution as their most promising ally.
Throughout his journey, Boukaram says he didn't meet a single other Lebanese person, but when he divulged his nationality he was often pleasantly surprised to discover residents of the various Lebanons were aware of his country, and its chequered politics.
From 1965 to 2013, changes to voting practices in a large swathe of North Carolina (and in other states with a chequered history of discriminating against racial minorities) could not be implemented without the approval of the Department of Justice.
Hit hard by a chequered recovery in local consumer spending, retailers in Japan have been focusing on overseas markets - a shift that has paid off for Fast Retailing whose offshore Uniqlo stores have outshone those at home for three straight quarters.
Saudis are used to seeing their leaders don the formal national dress of white robe, chequered head dress and black gauzy cloak for visits overseas, and to images of them flanked by a large entourage of flunkies and fellow princes.
The race, won by Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, was called after 52 of the 53 laps had been run when the digital display mounted on the starting lights gantry flashed the chequered flag symbol to signal the end of the race.
The new president, who later on Friday spoke publicly about the need to draw on local expertise and skills to put the economy back on robust footing, also brought back Patrick Chinamasa as finance minister despite his chequered record in that post previously.
He has surrounded himself with generals with chequered pasts, such as Wiranto, who was head of the armed forces when East Timor voted for independence in 1999, prompting militias backed by the army to go on a rampage that claimed 1,400 lives.
While Linklaters largely glosses over the chequered origins of the Streams project, the law firm does make a point of agreeing with the ICO that the original privacy impact assessment for the project "should have been completed in a more timely manner".
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Croats in red and white chequered soccer shirts and scarves poured onto the streets of the capital Zagreb on Monday to welcome home the national team and celebrate their run to the World Cup final in Russia.
The car then flipped and was speared in the driver's side by a charging Corey Lajoie, sending Newman's car skidding down the track on its roof with flames streaming from the wreck as Hamlin took the chequered flag for Joe Gibbs Racing.
G4S has a chequered recent history after it failed to provide enough guards for the London Olympics in 2012, was then involved in a tagging fiasco the following year, and earlier this year took a £65 million charge on loss-making British government contracts.
You'll need to take out some form of credit to do so, such as a loan or credit card, but if your score is too low or your history too chequered, you'll typically be offered a very bad deal, or no credit at all.
The history of poll predictions in the state has been quite chequered, and the psephological surprises have been mainly due to the multi-party competition and the peculiarities of the electorate in which a small swing of votes can completely change the political equilibrium.
G4S has a chequered recent history after it failed to provide enough guards for the London Olympics in 2012, was then involved in a tagging fiasco the following year, and earlier this year took a 65 million pound charge on loss-making British government contracts.
The Dutchman started on the front row next to pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton and after getting passed by Vettel on the opening lap, a perfectly timed pitstop put him back out ahead of the German and he maintained that position to the chequered flag.
For decades, changes to voting practices in a large swathe of North Carolina—and in other states with a particularly chequered history of racial discrimination—could not be implemented without the approval of the Department of Justice, as required by the Voting Rights Act.
Vettel, who started from pole, took the chequered flag ahead of Hamilton but there was no celebration in the Ferrari garage as the furious German was demoted to second after being slapped with the penalty for a dangerous re-entry after running off the track.
That this should be so is all the more remarkable, given Hollywood's racially chequered heritage with Asian-Americans, a group too often relegated to the roles of martial-arts aces or purveyors of ancient wisdoms, or indeed both, in the case of The Karate Kid's Mr Miyagi.
Robin Frijns collided with the back of Lucas di Grassi's car at a hairpin on turn eight in a chaotic final minute of the race which resulted in a full-course yellow, allowing Vergne to take the chequered flag, less than two seconds ahead of Rowland.
Only a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower, a spanking new Russian Orthodox cathedral, complete with five onion domes and a cultural centre, was inaugurated on December 4th by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, amid sonorous rhetoric about the long and chequered history of the Russian diaspora in France.
Hit hard by a chequered recovery in local consumer spending, retailers in Japan have been increasingly focusing on overseas markets - a trend that is expected to continue amid concerns wage gains at home may not be enough to keep pace with cost pressures of a tight labour market.
The never-ending debate over track limits, the controversial length of F1's start behind the safety car, the debate over radio rules, and a race result not decided until hours after the chequered flag, have given the sport's critics plenty to get their teeth in to since Silverstone.
But when Kanani, dressed in a blue chequered apron and carrying a container of grain, walks past the chicken house and gives a familiar call, the yard is in no time packed with birds of many different colors, snapping up the grain almost before it hits the ground.
But even beyond his show-stealing charisma, there's a lightness to those first films vs the sheer financial weight of the Star Wars brand now where teams of people necessarily have to be involved in making strategic decisions about a staggeringly long-running saga that's bogged down by its own chequered history and the need to carry fans that cut across generations.
Rather than focusing on some tough issues—a burst of homicides, funding for struggling schools with high truancy rates and a replacement for its worn-out baseball stadium—the campaign is largely focused on an individual: Joe Morrissey, the frontrunner, whose chequered personal and professional history, going back more than two decades, might be expected to disqualify a candidate for any office.

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