free-for-all

Example Sentences

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The biggest losers in this college sports free-for-all, however, may wind up being taxpayers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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

Dismissal used to be a free-for-all — once the final bell rang, students would rush outside to find their bus or ride or to begin the walk home.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 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