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matador

[mat-uh-dawr] / ˈmæt əˌdɔr /
NOUN
bullfighter
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The author’s there, the affable Fernando González Viñas, flanked by a matador and his entourage.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

This relentless bull market may finally have found its matador.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Hawley embraces “wonderful peacock” 1850s menswear shapes: Victor’s puffed-out chest accentuates the “wasp waist” likening him to a matador.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Flamboyant ticks and leaves like a matador goading a bull.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

She recites one from memory about a great matador who was killed at five o’clock in the afternoon.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar



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