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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

A new documentary follows a boy living in a small town in Spain, whose family expects him to become a professional bullfighter.

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

The cigarette factory where Carmen works has become a munitions factory, and Escamillo, the dashing rival to Don Jose for Carmen’s affections, is a rodeo champion instead of a bullfighter.

From Seattle Times Dec. 27, 2023

“You’re just jealous because I have a bullfighter name and you don’t.”

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

He was among six veteran bullfighters performing for free on a recent Saturday in front of about 150 people at an emerald-green hacienda in Colombia’s Andes.

From Seattle Times Mar. 20, 2023

From then on, Manolete would spend his adolescence hanging around bullfighters, silently absorbing their craft.

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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