toro
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He’s the one who said his creation was a combination of cucaracha, toro and imagination, and I told him I was eager to see get my first glimpse of the mural.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
At a bar called Viva San Fermín, we buy a rabo de toro sandwich, braised oxtail on crusty bread, and carry it to the bullring.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Nobu has a sushi demonstration with chef Nobu Matsuhisa and a meal of toro, A5 wagyu, caviar and cocktails for $500.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Aim for hamachi toro, veined with fat and lit with a pinch of wasabi, and lightly torched branzino dabbed with cilantro pesto.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
I explained that bull-fight in Spanish was the lidia of a toro.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
And these—he pointed to some huge black bulls—were Percy’s toros bravos.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2015
Aficionados are quick to point out that it is not called the bullfight in Spanish, but the corrida de toros, meaning ‘course’ or ‘race’.
From Newsweek
Nobody has written as well as this about toros and toreros since Heming way's Death in the Afternoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Outside the plaza de toros, her mother threw the ears in the gutter.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was anxious to know the English for Corrida de toros, the exact translation.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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