free lunch

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“There’s no free lunch, there’s no magic wand that makes all the problems go away,” said Fervo CEO Tim Latimer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

“There is no free lunch here,” argues Adam Levitin, a credit market expert at Georgetown law school.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

As Patti put it, "there is no free lunch" when it comes to sugar alternatives, and many metabolic pathways can ultimately lead back to liver dysfunction.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

To the extent investors care only about short-term returns, they therefore think that protecting the largest corporations is a free lunch.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

The master, Mr. Benson, said the government was going to give us the free lunch so we wouldn’t have to be going home in the freezing weather.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt