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spite

[spahyt] / spaɪt /




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He is a founding member of In Spite Magazine.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

She studied theater at Barnard College, where The Barnard Bulletin praised her performances in Molière’s “The Physician in Spite of Himself” and other plays.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

Carbisdale became known as the Castle of Spite because of its original resident's bitter dispute with her husband's family.

From BBC • May 18, 2022

Five of those painters and collagists are featured in “In Spite of Modernism: Contemporary Art, Abstract Legacies and Identity,” an exhibition that departs from the Arlington Arts Center’s usual group-show format.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

Spite of what Miss Poole say, that’d be the only thing what would make John rest peaceful.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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