Quixote
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Any investor panic the writing caused was short-lived, although if fiction can now tank stocks, I’m a little worried about what Moby-Dick means for SeaWorld’s parent company, or Don Quixote for the wind energy sector.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
But he’s more of a Don Quixote tilting at windmills because his solutions amount to the same level of self-delusion.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025
On a recent Saturday in July, as the sun set behind East L.A. club Don Quixote, a line of black-clothed and face-pierced youths chattered excitedly outside the venue.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
Over 20 years with the company, he danced leads across several productions, including Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024
Don Quixote stopped to see what was wrong, and he learned that the man was a rich farmer and the boy tended one of his flocks of sheep.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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