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Duane

American  
[dweyn, doo-eyn] / dweɪn, duˈeɪn /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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After Duane Roberts died at 88 in November, Riverside buzzed with questions over the fate of the hotel, prompting another Roberts family lawyer to offer public assurances.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

He maintained that when Duane Roberts bought the hotel, “he bought every single item. Every single item was the Roberts family’s personal property.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

Olive Young is as if “Sephora and Duane Reade had a really cool baby,” said Emily Montague, an aesthetician in Los Angeles who’s visited its locations in Seoul.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Soon after, Washington Regional officials told Duane they would agree to transfer Waldorf to a hospital in Kansas, where abortion at her gestational stage was legal.

From Salon May 27, 2026

This was a lot of information for Duane to take in.

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

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