of all things
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—used to emphasize that the thing one is referring to is the thing one would least expect
The coach is making the entire football team take, of all things, ballet classes.
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The exhibit, featuring depictions of all things edible, showcases the work of 15 artists who study at La Jolla’s Athenaeum Music & Arts Library under artist and teacher Jeff Yeomans.
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
At the 1932 Games the Rose Bowl would host (of all things) track cycling events.
—Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the American Pavilion is taking that idea and running with it, as the epicenter of all things American film at the annual French festival will host its first-ever California Day.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2025
The next decade would see the trials as a stand-in for Civil Rights in no less than several episodes of the sitcom Bewitched, and as backdrop to gothic romance on Dark Shadows, of all things.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
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La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
At the 1932 Games the Rose Bowl would host (of all things) track cycling events.
—Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the American Pavilion is taking that idea and running with it, as the epicenter of all things American film at the annual French festival will host its first-ever California Day.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2025
The next decade would see the trials as a stand-in for Civil Rights in no less than several episodes of the sitcom Bewitched, and as backdrop to gothic romance on Dark Shadows, of all things.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
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