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
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
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
It was to Jurutungo that women who’d had a bad life retreated with bastard children.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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
What would I go through to find someone who would give me money for lute strings, see that I was dressed and fed, and protect me from vicious little bastards like Ambrose?
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
