love child

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The variety is a love child of the Honeycrisp and a more robust Enterprise apple, producing an eating experience that is reminiscent of its parent but slightly more tart and dense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

The sour and spicy noodle broth, traditionally topped with meat or seafood, is the love child of Malaysian, Indonesian and Singaporean cuisine, though each tries to claim it.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023

Mr. Trump has denied the affairs and the purported love child.

From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2023

It felt like the love child of the Orient Express and a midcentury ski chalet, with six four-seat booths and five two-seat tables furnished in shiny wood paneling and thick brocade fabric.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

I’d just have to dodge the English guy...who maybe is Guillermo’s son...a love child he didn’t know about until recently, who grew up in England.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson