free-for-all

Example Sentences

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"If that doesn't get given as a penalty, then it's an absolute free-for-all from now on," Moyes said after the game.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

“Is God Is” isn’t the kind of rollicking free-for-all that will have you cheering in the theater.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Yet any process of ramping up production won’t be as much of a free-for-all as it may have been in the past.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

While insurers that administer Medicaid benefits have an incentive to police fraud, autism treatment has become a fee-for-service free-for-all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

I heard brave Red call out above the confusion and free-for-all on stage and the howling of the audience.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya