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 | | Bull Run BULL RUN [Bull Run] small stream, NE Va., c.30 mi (50 km) SW of Washington, D.C. Two important battles of the Civil War were fought there: the first on July 21, 1861, and the second Aug. 29-30, 1862. |
 | | The object is for one of the bullfighters (toreros)â”the matadorâ”to kill a wild bull, or toro, with a sword. |
 | | Bullbaiting, along with bullrunning (in which the bull was run down and killed by humans), bearbaiting, cockfighting, and dogfighting, was prohibited in |
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