of all people
idiom
—used to emphasize that a specified person is the person one most or least expect to do or know something
You, of all people, should know the answer to this.
My best friend, of all people, betrayed me.
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Chavarria will join Amber Heard, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Padma Lakshmi and others who have worked with the ACLU to protect the constitutional rights and freedoms of all people through litigation, advocacy and public education.
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 July 2025
Matt Gaetz, of all people, was giving me s*** about my drug use.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 21 July 2025
The due process rights of all people — not just citizens — in the United States have been well established by now.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
Nia toasts as the cast has their first dinner in Hawaii, a truly hilarious thing for the cast of The Valley, of all people, to be toasting.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 July 2025
Matt Gaetz, of all people, was giving me s*** about my drug use.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 21 July 2025
The due process rights of all people — not just citizens — in the United States have been well established by now.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
Nia toasts as the cast has their first dinner in Hawaii, a truly hilarious thing for the cast of The Valley, of all people, to be toasting.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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“Of all people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20people. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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