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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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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

Hemingway often draws an analogy between dying in war and in bullfighting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

As shameful as you may find bullfighting, the details are what drive this spellbinding, immersive work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

Yet there was a strong feeling of the unknown when I made the ring walk for my bare knuckle debut in a bullfighting arena in Marbella which looked like a mini colosseum.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

We were convulsed with hysterics at the thought of our hippie asking Mr. Kasigi to convert the water fountains to Gatorade, and to erect a bullfighting stadium in the parking lot.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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