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matador

[mat-uh-dawr] / ˈmæt əˌdɔr /
NOUN
bullfighter
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His name is Mikel Merino, and he’s fast turning into Spain’s World Cup matador.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

This relentless bull market may finally have found its matador.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

We meet Iñaki, the manager here who is appropriately more matador than barkeep.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

Beetlejuice dabbles in other goofy alternatives such as a matador outfit and an afterlife customs-officer uniform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

He did not look like a matador, though.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

When the parade of the afternoon’s three matadors and their bullfighting entourage finally emerged to salute the fans, the arena in Mexico City erupted.

From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

On its face, “Sterling Karat Gold” is the story of Sterling, a nonbinary performance artist who is assaulted by matadors on the streets of London and then accosted by a time traveler from the future.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023

Wearing mandatory face masks and sitting in fumigated seats separated by stickers, fans watched matadors take on seven bulls in a charity contest to raise money for jobless bullfighters and other workers in the sector.

From Reuters ● May 2, 2021

Wagon-wheel chandelier, cereal boxes, dirty dishes, green shag carpet, orange vinyl couch patched with duct tape, two sad-looking boys dressed as matadors staring from a painting on the wall.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018

The matadors bowed, holding their hats on, before the President's box, and then came over to the barrera below us.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway



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