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In 2017, the Scottish Parliament set legally-binding targets to reduce the number of children in relative poverty to less than 10% by 2030, although it has since missed interim targets.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

There was no apparent breakthrough, although the discussions went on for several hours and involved technical experts brought in to resolve detailed questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In 2016, she received her first nomination for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — although that nod was a decade late, since she’d been eligible since 2007.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Plant a tree or something, although that could be problematic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Of course, he hadn’t, because the great black-backed gull was a bird, and although it was a bigger bird than a puffin, it was not nearly as big as a musk ox.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el