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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

Set in Mexico, the film stars Mexican-born Anthony Quinn as a brilliant but aging matador facing interlocking personal crises, and Maureen O’Hara as the wealthy American who sets her cap for him.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 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

He did not look like a matador, though.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

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

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

Elsewhere in the Great Hall at London's iconic Alexandra Palace, a motley crew of skeletons, nuns, Elvis Presleys, matadors, and rather disheveled Santas, were partying hard -- all in the name of darts.

From Reuters Dec. 25, 2014

Of course, it was Mrs. Clarke they were imitating, for how would the children know anything about bullfights and matadors?

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood



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