bullfighter
Americannoun
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bullfighters
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Origin of bullfighter
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Jake sends Brett off with the bullfighter Romero.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Producer Aimara Reques says becoming a bullfighter is "a romantic idea", adding: "That's what Borja is holding on to."
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2024
His father opened El Califa de León in 1956, naming it for a well-known bullfighter who happened to be a friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
“They take it for granted that people are being denigrated or laughed at, and it’s the opposite: the respect they have for us is impressive,” Daniel Calderón, a dwarf bullfighter, told the EFE news agency.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
While the bullfighter walked like a gaited horse, Julia Bishop glided like a cat.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
Among his favourites were the works John Buchan and H Rider Haggard, but Forsyth adored Ernest Hemingway's book on bullfighters, Death in the Afternoon.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
Botero early in his career seized on sharp visual contrasts: Tiny snakes, parrots, flies and bananas adorn his portraits of blimpy bullfighters, bishops, prostitutes, acrobats, ballroom dancers and politicians.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
The lineup included top bullfighters Enrique Ponce and Julián “El Juli” López.
From Washington Times ● May 2, 2021
Bejarano grew up in Mexico, the descendant of four generations of bullfighters, including his father, famed matador Edgar Bejarano.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2019
They were Hemingway’s bullfighters, living “all the way up.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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