adopted child
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The main points to know are that Mando is a bounty hunter for the good guys and Grogu is his Force-sensitive adopted child and apprentice.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Next, it's Thor's turn, with Doomsday's second teaser showing him tearfully praying to his father to help him protect his adopted child.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Every cuckoo is an adopted child -- raised by foster parents, into whose nest the cuckoo mother smuggled her egg.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
Chandrachud, retorted: “But, Mr. Solicitor, the adopted child of a lesbian couple or a gay couple does not necessarily have to be lesbian or gay.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023
“I know more of the history of Miss Havisham’s adopted child than Miss Havisham herself does, sir. I know her mother.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
