all and sundry
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French said he rejected the “No” campaign’s argument that an “over-speaking Voice might deluge all and sundry in executive government with its opinions.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023
He said he had checked with "all and sundry" including Alastair Campbell, then Downing Street press secretary, and "everyone" thought that reference was right.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2021
Insigne then flays an overly ambitious pass out for a goal kick and starts apologising to all and sundry.
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2021
Cast your eyes downward, to the front and center of the stage and you’ll see an open grave, waiting to receive all and sundry.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2019
As if the expense and trouble were not irksome enough, all and sundry insisted on salting Ned's wound by calling it "the Hand's tourney," as if he were the cause of it.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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