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
Leonardo da Vinci—whose very name indicates he’s from a place, rather than of a person—was one such bastard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 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
Overcompensating for Tom's bastard status, she is overly warm to him and consistently neglects Blifil, which has caused him to grow up jealous and bitter.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
A small, damp man, he smelled as if he had bathed in perfume and spoke a bastard form of High Valyrian, much corrupted and flavored with a thick Ghiscari growl.
From "A Dance with Dragons" 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
"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
“Shielded” has its share of stories, too, told with enough passion and eloquence to support Schwartz’s faith in suing the bastards, that great American engine of social change.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2023
In the north, all highborn bastards took the surname Snow.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
