Alcántara
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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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