despite
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When graduation came, Platner joined the Marines rather than go to college despite having earlier protested the Iraq war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Yet despite the week’s declines, the market is more likely to see it as a short correction than a major selloff.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Dara won Eurovision by a record-breaking points margin in May, despite initially being little more than an outside favourite.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Yet its plans to “modernize” the TV-and-movie house seem to have fallen awfully hard on 60 Minutes itself, despite the news brand’s status as one of Paramount’s most treasured properties.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Then, because he was a polar bear of a curious nature, he moved over to where the owl was, despite the great sadness he still felt.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing despite
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