How to Use scot-free in a Sentence
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But that doesn’t mean your boyfriend gets off scot-free.
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Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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But Craig doesn’t get off scot-free.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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None of the officials saw it, though, and O’Nien walked away scot-free.
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Beren Cross,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Four years, scot-free on the injury slate, three-year captain, superlative awards.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
8 May 2026
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But not everyone escaped the attack scot-free.
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Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
7 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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