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  • Should these Nagas and others be 'despited' because they do not follow a certain religion?

    MercatorNet 2009

  • They even made TV Ad buys on it; she exploited it to the maximum, despited the fact that what Obama said was true but he choose poor wordings to express it just like Hillary did in this gaffe.

    Clinton op-ed: 'Why I Continue to Run' 2008

  • I just love the seemingly infinite number of hillary supporters who have somehow gotten it into their foggy minds that hillary is more popular than Obama, despited repeated polls showing that in a general election, Obama has the higher chance of winning.

    Clinton makes case at DNC 2008

  • He did not move to get the arms package through the local legislature despited repeated promises to do so.

    Jamestown Briefing: Disappointment for China Relations? Michael Turton 2007

  • And when a game like The Sims comes along -- one which had significant design, development, and management contribution from women Will is the first to say this didn't spring from his forehead fully formed, despited EA's PR to the contrary -- despite the fact that it breaks all sales records it is often considered to be a fluke, inscrutable from the narrow, classically young-white-single-male developer POV.

    Burn baby burn 2005

  • Jews; to whom he said that the false christian men be yet lower and deeper in hell than the Jews, for as much as they have despited and villained the blood of Jesu Christ of which they were redeemed, so much the more be they tormented.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900

  • An online video shows the two sizes sold at Seahawks games were actually the same size, despited charging $1.25 more for one.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • I may be able to be accepted to the 3-year track despited not having a bachelor's of science.

    English-writing Israeli-bloggers 2010

  • Palestinian militants are still managing to launch rockets into southern Israel, despited a tightening Israeli cordon in Gaza.

    News for WNCT 2009

  • Stephen Ireland has been nominated as best overseas player of the year by the Professional Footballers 'Association of Ireland (PFAI), despited his continued absence from the international squad.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie 2009

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