matador
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And who would have guessed that a grail of It-ness would be part of the show, nestled next to the matador jacket worn by Rudolph Valentino in 1922’s “Blood and Sand.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
This relentless bull market may finally have found its matador.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The ghost of young matador Pedro Romero, the quiet center of Jake’s storm, waits on the bullring sand.
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
They unfolded the dark-stained red flannel of the muletas and fixed batons in them to spread the stuff and give the matador something to hold.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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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
There are many matadors, picadors, minotaurs, bulls and horses in a new show exploring Picasso and the importance of bullfighting – but also a glimpse of his terrible treatment of women.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2017
I’ve profiled matadors, heiresses, activists, fertility doctors, debauched film producers, mistresses of great artists and great artists themselves.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2016
That didn’t seem to matter for her fans, the ones who grew up on her ’80s and ’90s hits, the ones dressed as bulls and matadors or “Like a Virgins” and “Material Girls.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2015
“I doubt you will see any matadors on the train platform,” Penelope remarked.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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