Python: Elegant way to check if at least one regex in list matches a string

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import re

regexes = [
    "foo.*",
    "bar.*",
    "qu*x"
    ]

# Make a regex that matches if any of our regexes match.
combined = "(" + ")|(".join(regexes) + ")"

if re.match(combined, mystring):
    print "Some regex matched!"

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