of all places

phrase

—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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But a chance to play in England, at Wembley of all places, was a pretty convincing cherry on top. — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 It was founded by Henry Herriman, who was born in 1804 in, of all places, Massachusetts. — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026 Sam Rockwell, Marin Ireland, and Alfred Molina lead a buzzy revival of the Arthur Miller play — about a Red Hook longshoreman whose protectiveness toward his teenage niece metastasizes into violent obsession — at, of all places, La MaMa. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 It is set to stop at Club Lucky, the Green Mill, the Drake Hotel, the former site of the Pump Room in the Ambassador East Hotel, and will end, of all places, at the Billy Goat, a great tavern but not one immediately associated with the martini. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 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 7 Oct. 2026.

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