spite
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Management struck an upbeat tone in spite of the numbers.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Yet even my former boyfriend from England, who I imagine having grown up with a silver spoon, would go on to acknowledge to me that Olive Garden was good in spite of his initial skepticism.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
So, in spite of O’Leary’s concerted efforts to smear the protesters as “proxies” for the Chinese government, and to dismiss opposing arguments as “poo-poo,” Utah politicians sound quite different right now.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026
So in spite of his many disclaimers around the integrity of the forecast, Klement is braced for the tournament kick-off in June.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
But apparently Boaz had gefilte fish for a brain, because in spite of everything, he looked at her with the same expression he had that day in the box office.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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