bastard
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MMA is the bastard child of illegal street fights and martial arts, which has always made for a strange blend of freak-show sleaze and a culture of respect.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
Ironically, the situation now is a bastard version of one reform favored by free market types: paying athletes without any pretense that they are real students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Gov't Mule is kind of the bastard child of the jam scene – the black sheep – because we're heavier than other jam bands.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023
Rafael Goldstein makes John, Don Pedro’s nefarious bastard brother, seethe with credible resentment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
She sang for mercy, for the living and the dead alike, for Bran and Rickon and Robb, for her sister Arya and her bastard brother Jon Snow, away off on the Wall.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Beforehand, Salfordian frontman Shaun Ryder told BBC News it was "brilliant that those lazy bastards from London have decided to get off their bums and come up north for an hour or two".
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
The Renaissance, Jacob Burckhardt once wrote, was a golden age for bastards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The day we stop celebrating and arguing about art is the day we’ll know the bastards have won, writes critic Mary McNamara.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025
"And we will rebuild. No matter what these Russian terrorists and bastards may do, we will rebuild and restore everything," he said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2023
“None of the poor bastards can run unless they all run,” Dick Straw explained, laughing.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
