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- noun Plural form of
bullring .
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On Sunday afternoon, at about ten minutes before 4 p.m. local time, in bullrings all over Spain and Mexico, matadors kneel in arena chapels and pray to La Virgen de la Macarena to protect them.
Bullfighting in Mexico: The conquest of fear, Latino style 1997
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On Sunday afternoon, at about ten minutes before 4 p.m. local time, in bullrings all over Spain and Mexico, matadors kneel in arena chapels and pray to La Virgen de la Macarena to protect them.
Bullfighting in Mexico: The conquest of fear, Latino style 1997
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"We are glad that the torturing of bulls in Catalan bullrings is over," said anti-bullfight protester Aïda Gascón.
The Guardian World News Giles Tremlett 2011
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"We are glad that the torturing of bulls in Catalan bullrings is over," said anti-bullfight protester Aïda Gascón.
The Guardian World News Giles Tremlett 2011
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With its three bullrings, it hosted more bullfights than any other Spanish ...
Catalonian Bullfighting: Amazing Photos Of A Dying Spanish Custom From GlobalPost GlobalPost 2010
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With its three bullrings, it hosted more bullfights than any other Spanish city.
Catalonian Bullfighting: Amazing Photos Of A Dying Spanish Custom From GlobalPost GlobalPost 2010
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In Spain, in the spectacle's heyday in the 20th century, the most popular matadors would sell out huge bullrings, such as Madrid's Ventas, which can hold 22,000 spectators.
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To make up for their brutal deaths in the bullrings of Spain, the "toros bravos" are given free rein during their lives to roam vast acres of the red-earthed land, a practice that encourages wolves, lynx and other wildlife to flourish by keeping humans away.
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To make up for the brutal deaths that await them in the bullrings of Spain, the toros bravos get to roam vast acres of scorched red earth south of Salamanca, a practice that keeps humans away and so encourages wolves, lynx and other wildlife.
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In Spain, in the spectacle's heyday in the 20th century, the most popular matadors would sell out huge bullrings, such as Madrid's Ventas, which can hold 22,000 spectators.
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