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by-blow

[bahy-bloh] / ˈbaɪˌbloʊ /




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Our idea of religion is a by-blow of the Reformation, a Protestant concept foregrounding a personal state of mind and creedal beliefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Though the Senate has already voted three times to repeal it, Long's crusade for his by-blow brainchild has been pressed with a fanatic zeal that has eroded the almost illimitable patience of his colleagues.

From Time Magazine Archive

The simplest inquiry could have informed the doctors that Fact is the by-blow of Publisher Ralph Ginzburg, 35, whose first venture, Eros, was put out of business by the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chief humiliator is Uncle Arthur Blake, Squire of Breetholm Manor, who takes his elder brother's by-blow into service, spends a futile year trying to break his spirit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maybe Locke should also remember that I am merely one of the by-blow children of Madoc’s human wife.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black


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