every last one
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"We will not compromise on this and will spare no effort until we return all of the deceased hostages, every last one of them," the statement said.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
“I’m 35, they’re all in their 50s. I’ll outlive them, each and every last one of them.”
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2024
Young Celie and young Nettie and Shug and every last one of them .
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2023
In 2022, I beat every last one of them.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023
Over the next few months, he would need to teach these boys, or those few among them who made the freshman team, every last one of those thousand and one small things.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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