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
So why, in spite of those remarks, did he lose a Republican primary in Tennessee?
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
Newton opened the eyes of scientists to the fact that the fundamentals of the Universe might be simple and understandable, in spite of its surface complexity.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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