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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

The conviction of Duane "Keffe D" Davis in Las Vegas has brought an end to one of the world's most famous unsolved murder cases.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

But Handsome thought that Duane said “a hair” —H-A-I-R—“emergency” that involved filaments such as fur or fuzz or wool or whatever grows off one’s skin.

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

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