fair game
Example Sentences
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How Jews are treated in a society says much about that society’s health and commitment to the rule of law, because once Jews are fair game, anyone is.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
A bottle cap or crease in a potato chip bag is fair game.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
Sir Elton said that while he had devoted his life to music, "this does not mean deeply personal things which I have a right to deal with in private are fair game".
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
Yet it’s a mistake to conclude that everything about us is fair game for public consumption.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
Perhaps he thought that a drowned chicken was fair game.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
