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
It had bastard status among classical culturati from the get-go, which kept it out of the concert halls where it arguably belonged as a rightful heir to other long-form orchestral music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 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
He reacts with the defiance of a man whose football-playing friend recently described him as a "hard bastard".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025
He saw the Wall shining like blue crystal, and his bastard brother Jon sleeping alone in a cold bed, his skin growing pale and hard as the memory of all warmth fled from him.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Filmmakers, now those poor bastards need rich patrons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
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
"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
"Lord Baelish, what do you know of Robert's bastards?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
