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Bargatze catapulted to mainstream status after portraying a silly version of the famously reprehensible though widely respected George Washington on “SNL” without antagonizing anyone, least of all Washington.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
No field of endeavor is immune from this attitude, the art world least of all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
As the case proceeds, internal communications—emails, text messages, DMs—are going to surface that won’t make anybody look good, least of all Musk.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
It's in no one's interests, least of all those of the estimated 200 people caught up in crises, for money to be spent unwisely.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Then I figure nobody likes to be preached at, no matter how much he needs it, least of all Judd Travers, who is thirty years old if he’s a day.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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