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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

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

From Salon Nov. 8, 2025

Beetlejuice dabbles in other goofy alternatives such as a matador outfit and an afterlife customs-officer uniform.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2024

The children had apologized, but clearly they also felt that an injustice had been done, for why should they be scolded for playing matador when the housekeeper was not?

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

When the parade of the afternoon’s three matadors and their bullfighting entourage finally emerged to salute the fans, the arena in Mexico City erupted.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2024

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

Shown nearby are paintings of matadors, which have a child-like quality but were made by Picasso towards the end of his life in the early 1970s.

From The Guardian Apr. 26, 2017

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

Of the other two matadors, one was very fair and the other was passable.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway



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