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
He reacts with the defiance of a man whose football-playing friend recently described him as a "hard bastard".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025
It also suggests that the IMF, the utterly vital, eternally disavowable, brutally underloved bastard child of American intelligence, may not survive this latest and severest test of its abilities and resources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
To make her believe they could both be happy, could forget everything about this bastard town.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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
“I married so I would have legitimate sons to bear my name, not bastards with their mother’s!” he roared, livid with rage.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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