in spite of
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“During the Mora years, we averaged around 70,000 a game. I think that can easily return in spite of the presence of the NFL.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
One comment claimed that these posts were made in spite of bail conditions heavily limiting Webster's internet use and explicitly preventing him from communicating via social media.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
And “Aperture,” the culmination, is Harry in his comfort phase, the New Yorker who has watched everything around him get renovated and priced out and has grown, in spite of it, into his own confidence.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
This was in spite of the fact that the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship to “all persons” who are born in the United States and subject to its laws.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Now I’ve begun to like him in spite of all his whining and complaining.”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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