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  • Duran
    Duran
    noun
    Roberto born 1951, Panamanian boxer.
  • Durán
    Durán
    noun
    Roberto. born 1951, Panamanian boxer: held world titles at four different weights, most notably lightweight (1972–79)

Duran

American  
[doo-ran, doo-rahn] / dʊˈræn, duˈrɑn /

noun

  1. Roberto born 1951, Panamanian boxer.


Durán British  
/ djʊˈræn /

noun

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

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They'll complain - as they already have - about a foul on Camilo Duran that wasn't picked up just before the equaliser, but there is no talking to the errors they made thereafter.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Camilo Duran fired the visitors in front early on and midfielder Benjamin Nygren made sure of victory in the second half.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Yislena Cobas Martínez, 19, and Mari Duran, 26, were among them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 2007, a decade after her death, Harry and William attended a charity rock concert organized in her honor in a packed Wembley Stadium featuring Elton John and Duran Duran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Our third kiss lasted the whole of “Planet Earth” by Duran Duran.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

In July, Colombian immigrant Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Biddeford, Maine, during a routine traffic stop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

We heard that a lot during a week in Durán, and surrounding areas.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The murder rate in Durán is down by half, they say, in the first six months of this year.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

This week, ICE shot and killed 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, in an incident about which there is still much to learn.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026

Durán Guerrero is survived by his wife and young daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

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