Duran

[ doo-ran; Spanish doo-rahn ]

noun

1. Ro·ber·to [r, uh, -, bair, -toh, raw-, ber, -taw], born 1951, Panamanian boxer.

Durán

/ djʊˈræn /

noun

1. DuránRoberto1951MPanamanianSPORT AND GAMES: boxer Roberto. born 1951, Panamanian boxer: held world titles at four different weights, most notably lightweight (1972–79)

Example Sentences

Humberto Duran was arrested on suspicion of murder in 1993, implicated by a teenage witness who since recanted her account.

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More than a decade later, Duran was still in prison.

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“To this day, I still can’t believe I got convicted,” Duran told The Times in an interview this year, with a calm belying the weight of his words.

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Known to locals as “Batman,” Batanero had a history of alleged misconduct, according to Duran’s petition, including “threatening to falsely accuse innocent people of crimes, beating and harassing teenagers, and even forcing people to testify at trial against their will.”

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Humberto Duran closed his eyes and told his mother what he’d told her so many times before: He was going to die in prison.

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