fair game

Example Sentences

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They’ve also gotten used to growing intrusions in the physical world, where everything from bathroom stalls to taxicab seats have become fair game for marketers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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

Fraudsters are also targeting fire relief funds, food benefits — really, any pot of public money is fair game to them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026

Street lights and telephone poles and electrical wires were all fair game.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

But it crossed my mind that there might be something in the trash bins, and those were fair game.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins