matador

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

He has now traded match play for the business arena, where he happily confirms his trademark matador edge remains intact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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 shakes the Moana bath towel like a matador and charges in.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

The two matadors had already faced off twice in the preceding weeks, and each time Manolete found himself at odds with the public, as the crowds thronged behind Dominguín instead.

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

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