of all places
idiom
—used to say that it is unusual or surprising that something happened in or is true about a particular place
She met her future husband in a grocery store, of all places.
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In Kevin Day’s case, the initial sense of shock eventually gave way to tears in, of all places, his local supermarket.
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Stuart James, New York Times, 7 June 2025
Downs' Jimmy and his colleague Kayla (Megan Stalter), find their client passed out — on Universal Studios' Wisteria Lane, of all places!
—EW.com, 29 May 2025
But in 1987 — in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, of all places — a 26-year-old Stanford MBA named Chip Conley tried something that changed the motel narrative.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Last August, Báez walked into manager A.J. Hinch’s office at, of all places, Wrigley Field.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Stuart James, New York Times, 7 June 2025
Downs' Jimmy and his colleague Kayla (Megan Stalter), find their client passed out — on Universal Studios' Wisteria Lane, of all places!
—EW.com, 29 May 2025
But in 1987 — in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, of all places — a 26-year-old Stanford MBA named Chip Conley tried something that changed the motel narrative.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Last August, Báez walked into manager A.J. Hinch’s office at, of all places, Wrigley Field.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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“Of all places.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20places. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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