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  • "Every one knew that Sanchez Mejias was on the road to a cornada because he had been too long out of training, because his style was heavy and dangerous, and because his strength and the agility in his legs were gone and his reflexes no longer as they had been."

    For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940

  • "Every one knew that Sanchez Mejias was on the road to a _cornada_ because he had been too long out of training, because his style was heavy and dangerous, and because his strength and the agility in his legs were gone and his reflexes no longer as they had been."

    For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940

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  • In Spanish-style bullfighting, a wound inflicted by a bull's horns.

    June 24, 2015