Quixote
Americannoun
noun
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In the company’s Tampa, Fla., offices, a poster of Don Quixote, the fictional knight who tilted at windmills, hangs on the wall, with a smaller portrait of Wray in the corner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
In April, Quixote announced it was winding down most of its Los Angeles soundstage business, including its main commercial studio in West Hollywood and its North Valley studio in Pacoima.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“There was almost a Don Quixote feel to it,” recalls one Warner Bros. executive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
But Sophie Cunningham has let the state turn her into a combination of Sancho Panza and Don Quixote, willing to joust with a windmill.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
That taste was still with Don Quixote when they met a gentleman wearing a green overcoat.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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