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bullfighter

[bool-fahy-ter] / ˈbʊlˌfaɪ tər /


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Jake sends Brett off with the bullfighter Romero.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

Producer Aimara Reques says becoming a bullfighter is "a romantic idea", adding: "That's what Borja is holding on to."

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2024

His father opened El Califa de León in 1956, naming it for a well-known bullfighter who happened to be a friend.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024

“They take it for granted that people are being denigrated or laughed at, and it’s the opposite: the respect they have for us is impressive,” Daniel Calderón, a dwarf bullfighter, told the EFE news agency.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Sometimes his trash fires stunk pretty bad, depending on the types of atoms the bullfighter was freeing.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

Among his favourites were the works John Buchan and H Rider Haggard, but Forsyth adored Ernest Hemingway's book on bullfighters, Death in the Afternoon.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025

Botero early in his career seized on sharp visual contrasts: Tiny snakes, parrots, flies and bananas adorn his portraits of blimpy bullfighters, bishops, prostitutes, acrobats, ballroom dancers and politicians.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

A crowd has gathered to cheer the bullfighters, but when a particularly famous one passes by, a man heckles him, barking that he’s nothing compared with the matadors that the city of Córdoba has produced.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2022

The lineup included top bullfighters Enrique Ponce and Julián “El Juli” López.

From Washington Times ● May 2, 2021

They were Hemingway’s bullfighters, living “all the way up.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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