free pass
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Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito said subpoenas have been served and “nobody will be getting a free pass because their name is carved into an expensive building.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Is there something so odious about a potential reworked design that the only way to hustle it across the finish line is to give it a free pass?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Governments are so in awe of the tales weaved by tech bros about the coming artificial-intelligence future, she says, that they have given them a free pass to do pretty much whatever they want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
But it was written to cover what users post, not to give companies a free pass on their own interactive design choices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
“That gives her a free pass to act like an idiot?”
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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