bastard
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Meanwhile, Brolin’s Bangley oscillates in personality from miserable bastard to laugh factory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
"But to-night Lady Stark thought it might give insult to the royal family to seat a bastard among them."
From "A Game of Thrones" 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
He'd heard it said that bastards grow up faster than other children; on the Wall, you grew up or you died.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
