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

“It’s not a free-for-all; there are still rules in place. The extra guardrails have gotten a little looser,” Cottrill said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Sitting in the emptier office, she plunged into the analysis, although the pesky laws of physics turned an afternoon of rote celestial tennis practice into a forces free-for-all.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly