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• The last thing the Clippers would want to do is fall into the play-in round.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2023
• The ceiling is the last thing people tend to think about.
  — Krystal Chang, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• The last thing Lisa Marie would have wanted was for Michael to be there.
  — Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
• The last thing to note is that deposit insurance is not a bailout.
  — Simon Moore, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• The last thing a new parent needs to be worried about is cooking.
  — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Mar. 2023
• The last thing viewers see is the phone call, and a desperate Deon running back into the smoky home to find the rest of the kids.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• Air opts to tell you about that last thing, pushing everything else aside.
  — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023
• The last thing the Task Force needs is for anyone to aim a little sunshine at their shady informant.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 15 May 2023
• One last thing that works in these little slices of paradise is the fact that the waters are exceptionally calm.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2023
• The last thing his Fox News fans saw, then, was Friday’s interview with a pizza-delivery guy who helped stop a thief.
  — Philip Bump, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Apr. 2023
• Our testers looked at the surface size closely when making their assessments because the last thing anyone wants is for a pizza to get caught in the oven and burn.
  — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
• The very last thing that happened in the first season was Carrie spontaneously kissing Franklin.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 22 June 2023
• The very last thing that happened in the first season was Carrie spontaneously kissing Franklin.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 22 June 2023
• The last thing the industry wants at a time of belt-tightening is a cutback in spending from a deep-pocketed buyer.
  — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023
• The last thing McConnell wants to do, Kumar said, is anything that could increase the jeopardy of the Republican speaker.
  — Maureen Groppe, The Courier-Journal, 9 May 2023
• His astrological sign is the last thing on someone’s mind.
  — WIRED, 22 June 2023
• The last thing a tournament wants is to be sandwiched between two Designated Events.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 3 May 2023
• Maybe one last thing, just to really frame the importance of finance: It’s been one of the last industries to really be breached by software.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 30 Aug. 2023
• But on Tuesday, politics seemed like the last thing El Arepazo patrons wanted to discuss.
  — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
• The last thing most actors want is to be associated with catchphrases that follow them around.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
• When Warby Parker started selling eyeglasses online in 2010, the last thing its founders wanted was a lot of retail space.
  — Kate King, wsj.com, 13 May 2023
• That way, potentially negative news doesn’t derail the conversation or serve as the last thing that sticks in concerned clients’ minds.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• That last thing is actually not new at all; Evolution Robotics’ Mint was mopping that way back in 2010.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2023
• One last thing: If you’re frustrated by the excessive plastic packaging at your local grocery, write a letter and tell them so!
  — Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2023
• And because most patients face medical bills after treatment is finished, updating a wardrobe is likely the last thing on their mind.
  — Zee Krstic, goodhousekeeping.com, 11 May 2023
• With Disney needing to shell out $9 billion at least to buy Comcast out of Hulu as early as next year, the last thing Iger needs is bad word of mouth building over the next four weeks to asphyxiate any hopes of blockbuster success.
  — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 June 2023
• Although the community was on edge following Stacey’s disappearance -- her sorority sister, Paula, told Dateline the threat of safety was the last thing on anybody’s mind.
  — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 27 May 2023
• After using resources to advertise a role, sitting through multiple interviews to whittle down applicants, and then training a new hire, the last thing employers want to go through is that costly process all over again—just months later.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2023
• At a time of increasing doubts about the long-term viability of our retirement system, the last thing that anyone should be doing is conscripting people’s savings to advance a set of policies that owe far more to politics than to science.
  — The Editors, National Review, 23 Mar. 2023
• The last thing her fans might have expected from a Britney Spears musical is dutiful conventionality.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 23 June 2023

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