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  • noun Alternative spelling of bullfighting.

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Examples

  • In that town all the kids have individual quirks: collecting teeth, bull-fighting, running con games, animal welfare, solving mysteries.

    Winston Breen Throws a Puzzle Party Starting Today 2009

  • In that town all the kids have individual quirks: collecting teeth, bull-fighting, running con games, animal welfare, solving mysteries.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • "It must have been more delightful than bull-fighting."

    The Madness of John Harned 2010

  • In today's photos, a U.S. Marine corporal receives a promotion in Afghanistan, a fire truck drives past the devastation of wildfires in New Mexico, painted protesters take a stand against bull-fighting in Colombia, and more.

    Photos of the Day: July 1 2011

  • They sneer at our bull-fighting, yet do they delight in the shedding of blood.

    The Madness of John Harned 2010

  • In a failed attempt at erudition, the author dug himself into a corner with a contrived attempt to impose his own atheism on ancient cultures: "It is often assumed that Minoan bull-fighting was a sacral performance, but there is nothing in the Minoan monuments to prove that it was more than a very popular secular sport."

    The dank bowels of earth 2010

  • Her bull-fighting costume, her suit of light, lends sparkle and shine to this paradoxical and delightful and somewhat dangerous near-prose poem of an epic.

    The Paradox Of 'Lady Matador's Hotel' 2010

  • Her bull-fighting costume, her suit of light, lends sparkle and shine to this paradoxical and delightful and somewhat dangerous near-prose poem of an epic.

    The Paradox Of 'Lady Matador's Hotel' 2010

  • In a failed attempt at erudition, the author dug himself into a corner with a contrived attempt to impose his own atheism on ancient cultures: "It is often assumed that Minoan bull-fighting was a sacral performance, but there is nothing in the Minoan monuments to prove that it was more than a very popular secular sport."

    Archive 2010-03-01 2010

  • Wolf, You should be part of bull-fighting or some opther game.

    Blitzer: White House hopefuls worlds apart on the issues 2008

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