although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 kě shì or 但是 dàn shì etc)

And all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.

My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.

Though I may be in the jaws of death, I am as a firm as a rock.

This time, although I'm more experienced, there's nobody waiting to meet me.

I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.