free-for-all

Example Sentences

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A big reason is because the selloff in the past couple of weeks has been an orderly one, as McCourt highlights, rather than a panicked free-for-all.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

This year, it’s a total free-for-all, as competitors scramble to keep a minimum tempo of 120 beats per minute for 2 minutes and 50 seconds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Over the past 30 years, the Beckhams have navigated a media landscape that has morphed from a tabloid feeding frenzy into a social media free-for-all, so the instinct to protect their image is perhaps understandable.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

But they are not deploying it in a free-for-all; they are deploying it with the discipline of a sovereign-wealth fund.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

Lady Constance’s Christmas party had ended in such a free-for-all of destruction that a whole fleet of servants working ’round the clock for a month would be hard- pressed to put the house right.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood