despite
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Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium have a considerable number of players playing at a high level despite their size while outside of Europe, Argentina and Senegal have the most players playing in the top leagues.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
SpaceX is set for a $1.8 trillion Nasdaq debut next week, valued at 95 times its $19 billion revenue despite a $5 billion loss.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Shares of Broadcom were sliding 4% in after-hours trading on Wednesday despite a record quarter driven by demand for its artificial-intelligence chips and networking products.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Bill Ackman is set to make hundreds of millions of dollars on his investment in Universal Music Group UMG -0.54%decrease; red down pointing triangle despite two unsuccessful attempts to clinch deals with the company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“And what have you there?” the musk ox would say, despite it being fairly obvious what was in Duane’s arms.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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