Juárez

American  

[wahr-ez, hwah-res] / ˈwɑr ɛz, ˈʰwɑ rɛs /

noun

1. Benito (Pablo) 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.

2. Ciudad. Ciudad Juárez.

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Juárez ¹ British  

/ ˈxwarɛθ /

noun

1. short for Ciudad Juárez

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Juárez ² British  

/ ˈxwarɛθ /

noun

1. Benito Pablo (beˈnito ˈpaβlo). 1806–72, Mexican statesman. As president (1861–65; 1867–72) he thwarted Napoleon III's attempt to impose an empire under Maximilian and introduced many reforms

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Juárez

Every week, 21-year-old Dario Araiza drives his Chinese BYD Song Pro plug-in hybrid across the border from Ciudad Juárez through El Paso to attend flight school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

The native Texan was born in El Paso, but spent the first few years of her life just across the Mexican border in Ciudad Juárez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

“The concern was that there was a target they wanted on the Juárez side,” one person familiar with the talks said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

She called me days after his death, while she was still living in a shelter in the largely cartel-controlled Mexican border town of Juárez.

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026

They don’t make any stops at all on the almost-four-hour stretch between Monahans, Texas—where Scoob and G’ma’s trip ended—and Ciudad Juárez in Chihuahua, Mexico.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone