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.

Examples of of all places in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

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

Rhymes for of all places

• amylases
• commonplaces
• databases
• esterases
• fireplaces
• interfaces
• interspaces
• marketplaces
• nucleases
• pillowcases
• aces
• bases