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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Patrick Stewart, of all people, is an all-time villain as the skinheads' calculating leader, issuing merciless orders in the same reasonable cadence we've been conditioned to trust implicitly.
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Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Contact information for executor Include names, current addresses and Social Security numbers of all people named in the estate documents and contact information for your estate attorney and CPA.
—Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
The news Barkov of all people is out for the season was a shock in part because the reliable one has appeared in 86% of all Florida games including playoffs in his 12 seasons, a high number in a sport of high-speed collisions.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Watching Emily take in Sara of all people telling a story about her brother is even more electric.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Contact information for executor Include names, current addresses and Social Security numbers of all people named in the estate documents and contact information for your estate attorney and CPA.
—Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
The news Barkov of all people is out for the season was a shock in part because the reliable one has appeared in 86% of all Florida games including playoffs in his 12 seasons, a high number in a sport of high-speed collisions.
—Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Watching Emily take in Sara of all people telling a story about her brother is even more electric.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Of all people.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20people. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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