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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
"No navy has invested in this at the scale that they should have done, least of all the Americans," he added.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 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 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
He would never have told anyone, least of all Rebecca.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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