despite
Example Sentences
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England's trip to Noosa was planned a year before the Ashes tour and went ahead despite the tourists falling 2-0 down inside two Tests.
From BBC
Chasing visitors around Cambodia's Angkor temple ruins to offer his services, tour guide Bun Ratana says he has had little work since deadly clashes with Thailand broke out, despite it being high season.
From Barron's
One big reason: Americans continue to spend, despite their pessimistic outlook on the economy, their lingering anger about high prices and even a slowdown in the job market.
Some Asian currencies such as the won and the yen have weakened recently, mainly because of the surprising resilience of the greenback despite lingering expectations for further interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
But despite its popularity, identical twins Matt and Ross Duffer have ruled out a sequel.
From BBC
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