Examples of scot-free in a Sentence
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That is a better outcome than asking Ream to play the rest of the match on tenterhooks and Almiron getting away scot-free.
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Ben Burrows,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Four years, scot-free on the injury slate, three-year captain, superlative awards.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
But Craig doesn’t get off scot-free.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
And people tend to believe that some rich people got off scot-free in this -- in the Epstein case, the Epstein files.
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ABC News,
21 Dec. 2025
But not everyone escaped the attack scot-free.
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Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
7 Oct. 2025
But that doesn’t mean your boyfriend gets off scot-free.
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Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Colleges get off scot-free while raking in prodigious amounts of money at a much greater rate than the general percentage of inflation.
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Greg Maresca,
Boston Herald,
29 July 2025
Still, Combs did not come out of this trial scot-free.
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Pilar Melendez,
NBC news,
4 July 2025
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Ben Burrows,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Four years, scot-free on the injury slate, three-year captain, superlative awards.
—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
But Craig doesn’t get off scot-free.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
And people tend to believe that some rich people got off scot-free in this -- in the Epstein case, the Epstein files.
—
ABC News,
21 Dec. 2025
But not everyone escaped the attack scot-free.
—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
7 Oct. 2025
But that doesn’t mean your boyfriend gets off scot-free.
—
Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Colleges get off scot-free while raking in prodigious amounts of money at a much greater rate than the general percentage of inflation.
—
Greg Maresca,
Boston Herald,
29 July 2025
Still, Combs did not come out of this trial scot-free.
—
Pilar Melendez,
NBC news,
4 July 2025
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“Scot-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scot-free. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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