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although
in
Into the Wild
(Edited)

In the very rear of the vehicle, on a jerry-built bunk, was a blue sleeping bag that appeared to have something or someone inside it, although, says Samel, "it was hard to be absolutely sure."
p. 12.9

although = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
Neither parent made anything of this announcement at the time, although Walt did gently admonish his son, saying "Hey, make sure you come see us before you go."
p. 21.7
Although the tone of the journal, written in the third person in a stilted, self-consciousness voice, often veers toward melodrama, the available evidence indicates that McCandless did not misrepresent the facts; telling the truth was a credo he took seriously.
p. 29.5 *

although = even though
He loved that Datsun so much it was mind-boggling to me that he would ever abandon it and travel on foot. Although, in retrospect, I guess it shouldn't have surprised me.
p. 32.1

although = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
It was an uncharacteristic break from his cover that might easily have alerted his parents to his whereabouts, although the lapse proved to be of no consequence because the private investigator hired by Walt and Billie never caught the slip.
p. 40.1
Although Burres was concerned about McCandless, she assumed he'd come through in one piece.
p. 46.8

although = even though
Although McCandless usually ducked away whenever Franz pointed the lens in his direction, some brief footage exists of him standing impatiently in the snow above Bryce Canyon.
p. 55.1
Painlessly, that is, from McCandless's perspective, although not from the old man's.
p. 55.8

although = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
"I don't recollect Alex ever talking about any girlfriends," says Westerberg. Although a couple of times he mentioned wanting to get married and have a family some day.
p. 65.2
Although he was rash, untutored in the ways of the backcountry, and incautious to the point of foolhardiness, he wasn't incompetent, he wouldn't have lasted 113 days if he were.
p. 85.4

although = even though
And he wasn't a nutcase, he wasn't a sociopath, he wasn't an outcast. McCandless was something else, although precisely what is hard to say. A pilgrim, perhaps.
p. 85.7

although = but
Christopher, a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, was a poet, a philosopher, and a Unitarian minister, although he earned his keep as a bureaucrat in the California penal system.
p. 89.5

although = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
Although he speaks softly in the unhurried cadence of the American West, his voice has an edge, and the set of his jaw betrays an undercurrent of nervous energy.
p. 105.1

although = even though
According to members of the extended family, his moods can be dark and mercurial, although they say his famous temper has lost much of its volatility in recent years.
p. 105.3

although = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
Although he was small, in school photographs he is always in the front row, the shortest kid in the class, Chris was strong for his size and well coordinated.
p. 110.8

although = even though
Walt and Billie didn't try to prevent Chris from going, although they persuaded him to take Walt's Texaco credit card for emergencies and exacted a promise from their son to call home every three days.
p. 118.3

although = but
Although Horowitz and McCandless were classmates at Emory, it had been two years since they'd seen each other.
p. 124.7

although = even though
And although she shares Chris's sense of outrage over racial injustice, Carine has no objection, moral or otherwise, to wealth.
p. 129.3
Although the banks were lined with a jagged shelf of frozen overflow, no ice bridges spanned the channel of open water, so he was forced to wade.
p. 162.8
And unbeknownst to the Aesthetic Voyager, scattered within a six-mile radius of the bus are four cabins (although none happened to be occupied during the summer of 1992).
p. 165.6

although = but
Although McCandless was enough of a realist to know that hunting game was an unavoidable component of living off the land, he had always been ambivalent about killing animals.
p. 166.4

although = even though
Although he castigated himself severely for this waste of a life he'd taken, a day later McCandless appeared to regain some perspective, for his journal notes, "henceforth will learn to accept my errors, however great they be."
p. 167.3
Although there may be some truth in both hypotheses, this sort of posthumous off-the-rack psychoanalysis is a dubious, highly speculative enterprise that inevitably demeans and trivializes the absent analysand.
p. 184.8
Although the mosquitoes are thick tonight and the bus would no doubt offer some refuge, I decide not to bed down inside Fairbanks 142.
p. 186.8
Although a slightly smaller plant, wild sweet pea looks so much like wild potato that even expert botanists sometimes have trouble telling the species apart.
p. 191.3
Although it says nothing about the seeds of the species being edible, it also says nothing about the seeds being toxic.
p. 192.8
And although they aren't marked on the map, two miles even closer to the bus are a pair of private cabins, one owned by the well-known Healy dog mushers Will and Linda Forsberg; the other, by an employee of Denali National Park, Steve Carwile, where there should have been some food as well.
p. 196.2

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(1) (although)
even though -- used to introduce an idea that contrasts with or makes the main statement surprising

At the start of a sentence, although can play a role similar to words like however, yet, still, even so, on the other hand, or nonetheless—all of which signal contrast. In the middle of a sentence, although can sometimes be used where but or though might also work, but though or but often sound more natural. For example, "She's a great teacher, though not the most popular" is usually smoother than "She's a great teacher, although not the most popular."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

although in Into the Wild (Edited)

although
in
Into the Wild
(Edited)