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bullfighting

American

[bool-fahyt-ing] / ˈbʊlˌfaɪt ɪŋ /

noun

a traditional Spanish, Portuguese, or Latin American sport in which a bull is fought by a matador in an arena according to prescribed conventions, traditionally ending with the bull being killed; in Portuguese-style bullfighting, the bull is not killed in the arena.

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Why did you have a hunch that certain live sports were about to go mainstream, first bullfighting, then UFC?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Unlike Spanish bullfighting, Chinese wrestlers use no weapons and do not kill the animal at the end of the bout.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Something about bullfighting and the first female torera.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Though best known to cineastes as the director of a handful of brilliant B-westerns starring Randolph Scott known as the Ranown films, Boetticher’s personal passion was bullfighting.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

When Sandi played Toro, bullfighting Yoyo with a towel, she would shout after each successful scrape with death, ¡OLE! and stamp her feet in triumph, lifting her right hand to the crowd.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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