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Although I was more or less forced to invite all my "school friends," i.e., the ragtag bunch of drama people and English geeks I sat with by social necessity in the cavernous cafeteria of my public school, I knew they wouldn't come.†
p. 3.3

although = even though -- used to connect contrasting ideas
Between Mom and Dad and me, it only took a few minutes to unload the car, but my unair-conditioned dorm room, although blessedly out of the sunshine, was only modestly cooler.†
p. 6.5
Alaska had cigarettes, although the Colonel neglected to ask whether 4.†
p. 14.4
"Okay," I said, although I wondered: If someone punches me in the face, I'm supposed to insist that I ran into a door?†
p. 17.5
Although I'd never ridden in it, Alaska apparently had a car, and she offered to drive the Colonel and me to McDonald's, but the Colonel didn't have any money, and I didn't have much either, what with constantly paying for his extravagant cigarette habit.†
p. 44.8
Although, man, the Culver Creek football team would be a thing of beauty.†
p. 45.2
Although we tried to ration our smoke breaks amid the shower's steam, we ran out of cigarettes before dark, necessitating a trip to Alaska's room.†
p. 55.1
Although it isn't due for more than two months, you'll be receiving your paper topic for this semester today.†
p. 69.5
Hyde talked about the Gospel of Mark, which I hadn't read until the day before, although I was a Christian.†
p. 69.8
Although she certainly does not excel at endeavors such as teaching the French language, Madame O'Malley makes a mean stuffing, and she invites all the students who stay on campus to Thanksgiving dinner.†
p. 76.5
Although wine consumption has risen a bit this semester, so we'll need to take a trip tomorrow.†
p. 81.1
It's nice to have people who will feel guilty for you, although I could have lived without my mom crying during every single family dinner.†
p. 96.9
He could actually have a Southern accent when he wanted to, although like most everyone at Culver Creek, he didn't usually speak with one.†
p. 101.2
They still stored hay there, although I don't know what for.†
p. 101.9
And then Alaska decided that although it wasn't nearly dark yet, it was time for us to get shitfaced.†
p. 113.7
We had something important in common, then, a personality quirk I didn't share with Alaska or anybody else, although almost by definition Lara and I couldn't express it to each other.†
p. 118.2
I could feel it, although there were two sleeping bags between us.†
p. 121.6
"It suits you," I said, although it didn't.†
p. 125.5
And I think, although I can't know, that I felt Alaska get up.†
p. 131.9
She had lost, although not recently, her mother.†
p. 166.5
"Although it sure doesn't make sense as an accident," the Colonel said.†
p. 168.6
Although I guess I'll have to start going to Latin.†
p. 178.8
Although, really, he could never suspect anything.†
p. 178.9
We rolled down the windows, although the February cold bit at my face and the loud wind made conversation impossible.†
p. 191.1
And although Katie and I were not well acquainted, she felt comfortable enough to knee me in the balls.†
p. 192.6 *
And she was awfully upset about something, although she'd been awfully upset without committing suicide many times before.†
p. 194.1
"She was really drunk, so she could have thought she wasn't going to hit the cop, although I don't know how," Takumi said.†
p. 194.5
Although it killed the Colonel to do it, the prank could not work without the assistance of the Weekday Warriors—specifically junior-class president Longwell Chase, who by now had grown his silly surfer mop back.†
p. 202.7
I wasn't even worried about getting the Colonel expelled, although maybe I should have been.†
p. 207.1
The Colonel taught us a semester's worth of precalc, although he was too good at math to teach it very well—"Of course it makes sense.†
p. 214.5
Although no one will ever accuse me of being much of a science student, one thing I learned from science classes is that energy is never created and never destroyed.†
p. 220.5

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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)

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