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matador

[mat-uh-dawr] / ˈmæt əˌdɔr /
NOUN
bullfighter
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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

This relentless bull market may finally have found its matador.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

Their enthralling matador and bull program set to “Paint it Black” eclipsed the season’s best they earned two days prior during the team event, but it wasn’t enough to earn elusive individual Olympic gold.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2026

The ghost of young matador Pedro Romero, the quiet center of Jake’s storm, waits on the bullring sand.

From Salon Nov. 8, 2025

He did not look like a matador, though.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

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

Elsewhere in the Great Hall at London's iconic Alexandra Palace, a motley crew of skeletons, nuns, Elvis Presleys, matadors, and rather disheveled Santas, were partying hard -- all in the name of darts.

From Reuters Dec. 25, 2014

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

I looked through the glasses and saw the three matadors.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway



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