despite

Example Sentences

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Soon it was an open secret among traders that Americans were using Polymarket despite the ban.

From The Wall Street Journal

City, by contrast, remain a work in progress despite the huge sums spent to refresh Pep Guardiola's side over the past year.

From Barron's

After the defeat in Portugal stopped Madrid reaching the last 16 directly, the Santiago Bernabeu crowd was in unforgiving mood and whistled their own players, despite appeals from Arbeloa and Mbappe ahead of the game.

From Barron's

Archer fared slightly better, picking up two wickets despite being targeted early on, with Nissanka launching him out of the ground in his opening over.

From BBC

Los Blancos were in charge but despite taking the lead, their fans were not appeased, and whistled the team in at the break.

From Barron's