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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
If you try to please everyone, you will end up pleasing no one, least of all your good self.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
No sensible person wants a war, a president least of all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
She mocked—it was what she did—and her mocking spared no one, least of all herself.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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