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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 one seemed too unsettled by the moral or bodily hazard, not the least of all the state of Florida, which sanctioned the mismatch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
“No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. We will follow the facts in this case and deliver justice.”
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2025
But I can certainly get along with them, not least of all for the purposes of trying to understand what’s going on here, or at least getting a clear picture of it.
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2025
No one had ever taught Stannis how to laugh, least of all the boy Patchface.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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