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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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 College football arrives Saturday with the first game of Week 0 in, of all places, Europe when Iowa State and Kansas State play a top 25 matchup in Dublin, Ireland. Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025 Del Rey released a diss track about Cain, Cain responded, and Del Rey made vague accusations in the comments of a Pop Base Instagram post, of all places. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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