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Alcántara

British  
/ ælˈkæntɑːrə /

noun

  1. a town in W Spain: a Roman bridge spans the River Tagus. Pop: 1739 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The cases of Otero Alcántara and fellow SIM member Maykel Castillo, known as "Osorbo", who is serving an eight-year prison sentence, have been a recurring source of diplomatic tension between Washington and Havana.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

In fact, our squad—Nicole Nguyen, Joanna Stern, Ann-Marie Alcántara, Christopher Mims and Wilson Rothman—bought or will be buying many of these picks with our own money.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 23, 2025

Dominican Yunior Alcántara reduced the deficit in the Caribbean bout with a gold medal that didn’t make him sweat in the final.

From Seattle Times Oct. 27, 2023

Torres Alcántara spreads one of the baby bat’s wings on a rubber mat as a Ph.D. student, Mónica Izquierdo Suzán, punches out a snippet of skin for DNA analysis.

From Science Magazine Oct. 11, 2023

Taken all by surprise as they were, Pizarro and Alcántara tried to hurry on their armor, while Chaves was ordered to secure the door.

From The Spanish Pioneers by Charles F. Lummis

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