despite
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The Port of Los Angeles recorded its second busiest April on record, despite the war in Iran, a related rise in shipping fuel costs and continued trade uncertainty.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Lizzie said despite feeling like she had justice, she still lives with the trauma of what happened.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Americans are bombarded with robocalls — roughly 4 billion to 5 billion a month — despite decades of regulation.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Public service broadcasters in the Netherlands and Iceland will screen the competition, despite neither taking part.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
But despite my words, despite my insistence that we would see our parents again, there was a tiny part of me that knew Hannie was right, and that maybe we wouldn’t.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Vocabulary lists containing despite
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Novel Study: Lord of the Flies, Chapters 1–4
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