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Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022), the Supreme Court decision holding no constitutional right to abortion, overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and returning abortion regulation to the states under rational-basis review.

Dobermann

Dobermann (Doberman Pinscher) is a German working and guard dog breed created in the 1870s by tax collector Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann of Apolda, Thuringia; black or brown with rust markings, 68–72 cm males, prone to dilated cardiomyopathy and von Willebrand's disease.

Doberos

Doberos (Doberes, Doberians): ancient Paeonian town and tribe first attested in Thucydides at Sitalces' 429 BC campaign; Herodotus places the Doberes near Lake Prasias; site uncertain, with Dojran and Bansko proposed.

Dobesilic acid

Dobesilic acid, also known as dobesilate, is an aromatic sulfonic acid derived from hydroquinone; its diethylammonium salt, etamsylate, is a hemostatic drug used against capillary bleeding since the 1960s.

Dobie Gray

Dobie Gray (1940-2011), American soul-country-pop singer also known as Lawrence Darrow Brown, famous for "Drift Away" (No. 5, 1973), "The 'In' Crowd," and the Northern Soul anthem "Out on the Floor."

Doble Kara

Doble Kara, also known in English as Two Faces, is a Philippine television drama series from ABS-CBN starring Julia Montes in a dual role as identical twins.

Doblet

Doblet (Doublet, Dubblets) is a medieval Spanish Tables race game for two players with 12 pieces and three dice, documented on folios 74r-74v of Alfonso X's Libro de los Juegos (1283), with later English versions by Holme and Cotton.

Dobloug Prize

The Dobloug Prize (Doblougska priset, Doblougprisen) is a literary prize awarded annually by the Swedish Academy since 1951, funding Swedish and Norwegian fiction and literary-historical research.

Oct 15, 2026

Dobot

Dobot (越疆机器人), legally Shenzhen Dobot Corp Ltd, is a Chinese robotics company founded in Shenzhen in 2015, known for collaborative robot arms deployed in over 100 countries and, since 2024, humanoid robots.

Oct 15, 2026

Dobot Magician

The Dobot Magician is a desktop 4-axis robotic arm made by Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology (Dobot) for education, supporting Blockly and Python programming, 3D printing, laser engraving, and writing.

Dobri Bozhilov

Dobri Bozhilov (Добри Божилов) was a Bulgarian banker and politician who served as Minister of Finance from 1938 and Prime Minister from September 1943 to June 1944.

Dobri Chintulov

Dobri Chintulov (Добри Чинтулов, 1822–1886) was a Bulgarian National Revival poet, composer, and teacher from Sliven whose revolutionary patriotic songs, still sung today, helped rouse Bulgarian national feeling in the mid-19th century.

Dobro

Dobro is an American resonator guitar brand, now owned by Gibson, founded by the Dopyera brothers around 1928-1929. Distinguishing facts: spider-bridge single-cone design (unlike National's biscuit bridge), Slovak name meaning "good," square-neck bluegrass playing, and a 1993 Gibson acquisition.

Dobrodzień

Dobrodzień (Guttentag) is a town in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,168 inhabitants in 2006, known for its furniture industry, its former Jewish community, and its 18th-century Jewish cemetery.

Dobruja

Dobruja, also known as Dobrogea or Dobrudzha, is a historical region of southeastern Europe between the lower Danube and the Black Sea, divided between Romania and Bulgaria.

Dobruja campaign

The Dobruja campaign was the 1916 fighting between Romania, with Russian and Serbian allies, and the Central Powers for control of Dobruja, occupied until November 1918.

Sep 24, 2026

Dobrynya

Dobrynya (Добрыня), also called Dobrynya Malkovich, was a tenth-century Kievan boyar and voivode, maternal uncle and adviser to Grand Prince Vladimir, who governed Novgorod and led its Christianization around 988.

Dobšiná Ice Cave

Dobšiná Ice Cave (Dobšinská ľadová jaskyňa) is a Slovak Paradise limestone ice cave with 110,100 m³ of perennial ice, discovered 1870 by Eugen Ruffinyi, electrically lit 1887, UNESCO-listed since 2000.

Dobsonfly

Dobsonfly, subfamily Corydalinae (Megaloptera: Corydalidae); eastern dobsonfly Corydalus cornutus. Large weak-flying insects; males have 40 mm sickle mandibles, aquatic hellgrammite larvae live 1-3 years in streams.

Dobutamine

Dobutamine: synthetic catecholamine inotrope stimulating cardiac beta1 receptors, IV infusion for acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock, also used off-label for stress echocardiography; developed 1968–1974, US approval July 1978; DOREMI trial found no outcome difference versus milrinone.

Doc (2025 TV series)

Doc (2025 TV series): American FOX medical drama premiering January 7, 2025, starring Molly Parker as amnesiac doctor Amy Larsen; remake of Italy's Doc – Nelle tue mani, inspired by Pierdante Piccioni, renewed for 22-episode season 2.

Doc (computing)

Doc (.doc), documented by Microsoft as the MS-DOC specification, is the binary file format used as the default Microsoft Word document format from Word 97 through Word 2003.

Doc Antle

Bhagavan "Doc" Antle, also known as Kevin Antle, is an American animal trainer and operator of Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina, known from Tiger King.

Doc Campbell

Doc Campbell (George Herrold Campbell, 1878-1972) was a Canadian field lacrosse player and dentist from Orangeville, Ontario, who won gold with Canada at the 1908 London Olympics, beating Great Britain 14-10, and later served as the town's mayor.

Doc Gallows

Doc Gallows is the ring name of Andrew William Hankinson, an American professional wrestler best known as Luke Gallows and as one half of The Good Brothers with Karl Anderson.

Doc Holliday

Doc Holliday (John Henry Holliday, 1851-1887), Georgia-trained dentist turned gambler and gunfighter, Wyatt Earp's friend, O.K. Corral participant, died of tuberculosis in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; grave location unknown.

Doc Hollywood

Doc Hollywood is a 1991 American romantic comedy directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Michael J. Fox as a young plastic surgeon stranded by a car crash in rural South Carolina.

Doc Martin

Doc Martin is a British ITV comedy drama (2004–2022, 10 series, 79 episodes) starring Martin Clunes as blood-phobic surgeon-turned-GP Dr Martin Ellingham in fictional Portwenn, Cornwall; created by Dominic Minghella, filmed in Port Isaac, adapted in seven territories and remade in the US as Best Medicine.