matador

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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

We meet Iñaki, the manager here who is appropriately more matador than barkeep.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Flamboyant ticks and leaves like a matador goading a bull.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

“Colombia’s art and culture must endure,” the matador, Jelain Fresneda, said after the difficult bout, shaking dust off his tight-fitting suit.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023

“You take him, Paco,” he told a fellow matador; “I don’t like the way he looks at me.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell