bastardized
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"Almost every relationship in my life would be bastardized and disingenuous because I couldn’t tell them what was going on. My son has never taken a walk outside — in five months," she said.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2025
When I started writing, I was captivated by these myths and how they had become distorted and bastardized.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023
I must stress: I do not want to be transformed into any sort of bastardized, unknown A.I. substrate at any point in the future.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2022
Indians reacted in horror that their beloved samosa had been bastardized.
From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2020
"Really?" the lover said, although Yolanda had already filled him in on her family and her bastardized name—Yo, Joe, Yoyo.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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