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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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