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• Young Celie and young Nettie and Shug and every last one of them .
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• That didn’t deter our testers, who scraped every last morsel off the plate.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• Trying to squeeze every last drop of life out of your smartphone?
  — Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
• With the high stakes, his backers are pulling out the stops to mobilize every last vote.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
• The train goes over the cliff, taking every last passenger with it.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
• This two-in-one citrus press gets every last drop of juice out from lemons, limes and even small oranges.
  — Liz Kadar, Redbook, 6 July 2023
• The pork chop bones are excavated for every last morsel of meat.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• Viewed through the prism of wringing out the most of every last great Steph Curry season, this year was squandered.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
• The taps in the Gaza Strip are running dry, and residents are scrambling to save every last drop of water.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
• There’s a competition every last Wednesday of the month, and that night, the theme was Lady Gaga.
  — Vulture, 1 Sep. 2023
• Lay them horizontally to cover every last inch of space, from the backsplash to the range hood, to help the space feel wider.
  — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 30 June 2023
• That's rare at a time when Intel has been pushing its chips to the edge to squeeze every last bit of performance out of high-end Core i9 and Core i7 chips.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024
• This one begins with a gel-oil texture and then dissolves into a cleanser that takes off every last bit of gunk on your face.
  — Brittany Leitner, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2024
• The Heat, however, needed every last second of a play-in game against Chicago to make the playoffs as an eight seed.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2023
• One dish is on every last one: blanched spargel served under a slathering of hollandaise, beside a clutch of new potatoes, a slab of schnitzel and a slice of lemon.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 1 June 2024
• After every last doily, every stitch of fabric, each skein of yard has been bought; once even the very fixtures and shelves are sold off, Wells will lock the door for the last time and walk away.
  — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
• Welcome to Shelf Life, where celebrities break down every last detail of their beauty routines from the highest hair on their heads to the tips of their toes.
  — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 16 Jan. 2024
• Michigan summers are far too short, but dining al fresco is a way to savor every last bit of it.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2024
• Lastly, clear every last bit of residue out by giving the disposal a final rinse.
  — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 12 July 2024
• Serve with rice or bread to appreciate every last drop.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
• As climate change causes many regions of the world to dry up, smart agriculture is one means to adapt to the crisis, and make every last drop of water count.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Jan. 2024
• The clump-free formula gets a boost from the innovative brush, which has short bristles at the tip to coat every last lash and longer bristles at the base to fan out your fringe.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
• Ending strong doesn’t have to mean wringing every last drop of energy out of yourself.
  — Laurie Arron, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
• But with the full retirement age raised to 67 from 65 and the cost-of-living continuing to increase, every last penny counts.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
• Never count out Taylor Swift until every last sale and stream is counted.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 17 July 2024
• Just as the primary room was heavily designed, Case considered every last detail in the rest of the home, too.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
• Scientists have even tried to determine when every last fizzing bit of energy in the cosmos will come to rest.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
• The Nature Conservancy and Google plan to run the model across the state sometime in 2024, a comprehensive search for every last beaver dam and pond.
  — Ben Goldfarb, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023
• Just a dime-sized amount spread easily and evenly and removed every last bit of makeup or sunscreen.
  — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
• One is that Trump and Harris are truly fighting for every last vote, in what is perhaps the most down-to-the-wire presidential race in modern US history.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024