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He won despiting undergoing knee surgery two months ago.
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And our Lord came incarnate among them, asking and seeking the adversities, despiting the prosperities, embracing villanies, fleeing all vain glory.
The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900
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The priest set nought by his commandment ne defence, in despiting his sentence.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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'Tis right you come to me, despiting discrepancy of years; but alas! the dif_fic_ulty lies in the con_tra_ry; for alas!
Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana George Washington Cable 1884
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The great founder of Rome, I heard in Holland, slew his brother for despiting the weakness of his walls; and shall the founder of this better place spare a degenerate son, who prefers a vagabond life to a civilized one, a cart to a city, a Scythian to a Muscovite?
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819
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BJP has considerable presence here as it came second despiting contesting alone in majority of the assembly consti in this seat in 2006.
DesiPundit 2009
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Its life expectancy is higher than Norway and Sweden, despiting being a 3rd world country post WW2 and having 1/500th the land mass of Norway or Sweden.
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