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bullfights

  • plural
    of bullfight.
    bullfight
    noun
    a traditional Spanish, Portuguese, or Latin American spectacle in which a bull is fought by a matador, assisted by banderilleros and picadors, in a prescribed way in an arena and is usually killed.

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He and Jake leave Paris to fish in the Pyrenees and watch bullfights in Pamplona, where tensions among the expatriates explode.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Socorro’s social nature, her spunk and her adaptability were likely rooted in her early childhood experiences tagging along with her father to bullfights and bars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2025

Around 250,000 bulls are killed in bullfights globally each year, according to Humane Society International.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

Jimenez admitted that a good part of the public that now attends bullfights in Mexico is not very young.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024

Rick said, “Do you know how bullfights ended?”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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