matador
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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
The author’s there, the affable Fernando González Viñas, flanked by a matador and his entourage.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 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
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
One afternoon, when Manolete is around 11, he’s wandering past the bullfighting arena in Córdoba at the exact moment when matadors from all over Spain are filing in for an event.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
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 intense matadors of Manet give way to the smiling pastel matrons of Renoir; dramatic costumes, as if for a stage performance or a last appearance in the arena, are succeeded by a natural sincerity.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2013
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
