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Duane

American  
[dwayn, doo-ayn] / dweɪn, duˈeɪn /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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He was later captured in Puerto Vallarta by American bounty hunter and reality TV personality Duane “Dog” Chapman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Molly Duane of Amplify Legal, the lawyer who is representing Walker’s estate, told me that she expects the doctors to blame the state and the state to blame the doctors.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Walker’s illness — which included seizures and frequent hospitalizations — prevented her from traveling out of state, said Molly Duane, one of the family’s attorneys.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Department of Energy loan of up to $1.9 billion to support restarting the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Duane looked around the room, with its many bookshelves and metal objects and such.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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