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The Spanish-style corrida is the form that’s most widely known: the one with bullfighters using colored capes to draw the attention of the bull, usually aiming to kill, while impressing the audience with their daring.
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Rick Noack, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2022
The bulls that participate in corrida fights are expensive, so organizers tend to reserve the real spectacles for audiences of thousands, rather than hundreds.
—Rick Noack, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2022
In Mexico City, comida corrida is served for a quick lunch, starting with a small bowl of caldo or fideo, followed by the guisado of the day with arroz, frijoles, tortillas and an agua fresca or jugo de frutas.
—Marco Torres, Chron, 17 Nov. 2022
The one corrida Manolete went to as a child didn’t excite him in the least, and when kids at school pretended to be bulls and matadors, play-fighting with one another, Manolete kept to himself.
—New York Times, 3 May 2022
Sunday’s corrida honored the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the anniversary of the day in 1531 when the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to a young indigenous Mexican man.
—Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
Before the corrida — or bullfight — was over, one of those activists would leap into the ring to scream his defense of the animals.
—Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
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Rick Noack, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2022
The bulls that participate in corrida fights are expensive, so organizers tend to reserve the real spectacles for audiences of thousands, rather than hundreds.
—Rick Noack, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2022
In Mexico City, comida corrida is served for a quick lunch, starting with a small bowl of caldo or fideo, followed by the guisado of the day with arroz, frijoles, tortillas and an agua fresca or jugo de frutas.
—Marco Torres, Chron, 17 Nov. 2022
The one corrida Manolete went to as a child didn’t excite him in the least, and when kids at school pretended to be bulls and matadors, play-fighting with one another, Manolete kept to himself.
—New York Times, 3 May 2022
Sunday’s corrida honored the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the anniversary of the day in 1531 when the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to a young indigenous Mexican man.
—Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
Before the corrida — or bullfight — was over, one of those activists would leap into the ring to scream his defense of the animals.
—Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
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“Corrida.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corrida. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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