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
This could be fair game territory for legally recording because law has not kept pace with technology.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
I have devoted my life to my music but this does not mean deeply personal things which I have a right to deal with in private are fair game.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
Street lights and telephone poles and electrical wires were all fair game.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025
Off and on, during their broadcasting years, all seven of the children had been fair game for the kind of child psychologist or professional educator who takes a special interest in extra-precocious children.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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