torero
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“I am anxious to furnish proof that I am a better torero than he, and that I can unseat him from the pedestal on which public opinion has placed him,” Dominguín insisted.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
In technical terms Rivera has never been a first-class torero, but this isn’t a necessary or sufficient condition for success.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
Eric Fehrnstrom wields Twitter like a torero wields a red flag.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2012
It is this final encounter between the lone torero and the toro which stirs the crowd: a combination of statuesque elegance in the face of the charging animal and suavity of movement.
From Newsweek
"Pretty well, sometimes. But I must not let anybody know. It would be very bad, a torero who speaks English."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Hence the appeal of flamboyant showmen and celebrity toreros, who prove particularly popular in provincial bullrings, and frequently as part of the festivities associated with the patron saint of a local village or small town.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2015
The long waits for a clear afternoon made the toreros neurotic.
From Time Magazine Archive
The FMX toreros include an international cast of characters led by the favored American contingent of Travis Pastrana, Mike Metzger, Nate Adams, Ronnie Renner, and Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg.
From Time Magazine Archive
On Sunday afternoons there, breeders, toreros and aficionados pass the time drinking manzanilla and watching the duke work out on his bulls.
From Time Magazine Archive
The picadores remained close to the walls while the toreros ventured a bit nearer to the beast and waved their red flags, at once rushing back.
From The Quest by Isaac Goldberg
