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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How did Middle Tennesee, of all places, become a place that draws world-class CrossFit athletes? Rosalind Bowling, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Sep. 2025 São Paolo, Brazil — of all places — is where the Chiefs and Chargers will open their NFL season Friday. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 Seven months after losing the Super Bowl, the Chiefs are back in action with their regular-season opener on Friday against the Los Angeles Chargers — in Sao Paulo, Brazil of all places. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025 Today's Mercedes-Benz management structure is decades in the making, with origins that come from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, of all places. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for of all places

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“Of all places.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20places. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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