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Harpoon Therapeutics
Harpoon Therapeutics was a South San Francisco immuno-oncology company founded in 2015 that developed T-cell engager cancer drugs on its TriTAC platform; Merck acquired it in 2024 for about $680 million.
Harpoon TSD-5
The Harpoon TSD-5 is a transapical, beating-heart mitral valve repair system by Harpoon Medical that anchors artificial chordae to a prolapsed leaflet under echo guidance.
Harpoon Ventures
Harpoon Ventures is a San Diego venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Olympic swimmer and former Navy SEAL Larsen Jensen, investing in early-stage national security technology.
Harpsichord
The harpsichord is a stringed keyboard instrument on which each key raises a jack that plucks a string, so loudness cannot be varied by the player's touch.
Harpy (ρπυια)
Harpy (ἅρπυια, Harpyiai, 'snatchers'): Greek and Roman winged wind-spirits, daughters of Thaumas and Electra, who snatched people and food, plagued Phineus, and prophesied to Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid.
Harpy eagle
Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), largest and among the most powerful eagles, a Neotropical rainforest raptor from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, feeding mainly on sloths and primates, Vulnerable, national bird of Panama.
Harpy Tomb
The Harpy Tomb, also called the Harpy Monument, is a Lycian pillar tomb at Xanthos, Turkey, built around 480 BC; its reliefs have been in the British Museum since 1842.
Harquahala generating project
The Harquahala Generating Project is a 1,092 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in the Harquahala Valley of Arizona, in service since 2004 and owned by Capital Power and BlackRock.
Harrah's Las Vegas
Harrah's Las Vegas, a Caesars Entertainment hotel and casino at 3475 S Las Vegas Blvd on the center Strip; opened 1973 as the Holiday Casino, renamed Harrah's in 1992; 2,542 rooms, 87,000 sq ft casino, sold to VICI Properties in 2017.
Harrah's Philadelphia
Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack, formerly Harrah's Chester, is a Chester, PA racino with a 5/8-mile limestone harness track partly over the Delaware River; racing opened September 10, 2006, casino January 2007.
Harran (حران)
Harran (حران), ancient Ḫarrānu and Roman Carrhae, is an ancient Upper Mesopotamian city in southeastern Turkey near Şanlıurfa, sacred to the moon god Sîn, briefly the Umayyad capital under Marwan II, an Abbasid translation center, and destroyed by the Mongols in 1260.
Harran Census
The Harran Census is a group of Neo-Assyrian clay tablets, excavated at Nineveh and held in the British Museum, that record households, landholdings, and livestock in the district around Harran.
Harran Stelae of Nabonidus
The Harran Stelae of Nabonidus, also called the Harran Inscriptions of Nabonidus, are three stelae bearing Akkadian royal inscriptions of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon (r. 556–539 BC).
Harran Sulci
Harran Sulci is an IAU-approved (1982) 291-km sulcus of ridges and troughs on Saturn's moon Enceladus, in the trailing hemisphere near Diyar Planitia. Named from the Arabian Nights, it is an extensional graben whose formation implies heat fluxes of 200–270 mW/m².
Harranians
The Harranians, known in Arabic sources as the Sabians of Harran, were the pagan inhabitants of Harran in upper Mesopotamia who worshipped the seven planets until the Mongols destroyed their city in 1260.
Harrat Uwayrid Biosphere Reserve
Harrat Uwayrid Biosphere Reserve (حرّة عويرض), a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere reserve in AlUla, northwestern Saudi Arabia, designated 2022; largest of AlUla's five nature reserves, home to the Arabian leopard, Bedouin and Hadar communities, and an 8.2–0.3 Ma basalt volcanic field.
Harrdy Sandhu (ਹਰਦਾਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੰਧੂ)
Harrdy Sandhu (Hardavinder Singh Sandhu, Punjabi singer and actor, born 1986 Patiala), former India U-19 fast bowler turned musician; hits include Soch, Naah, Backbone, Kya Baat Ay, Bijlee Bijlee; acted in 83 as Madan Lal and Code Name: Tiranga.
Harri Larva
Harri Larva (born Harry Edvin Lagerström, 1906-1980), Finnish runner, won 1928 Amsterdam 1,500 m gold in 3:53.2 Olympic record, beating Ladoumègue; 10th at 1932 Los Angeles.
Harri Pesonen
Harri Pesonen (born 1988, Muurame, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey left wing, Olympic champion 2022 and world champion 2019 and 2022; two-time Finnish champion with JYP, brief NHL stint with New Jersey, long SCL Tigers career, returned to JYP in 2026.
Harrie Lavreysen
Harrie Lavreysen, Dutch track cyclist (born 1997, Luyksgestel), former BMX rider, five-time Olympic champion in sprint, keirin and team sprint, holder of 20 track world titles, most successful Dutch summer Olympian.
Harrie Massey
Harrie Massey, full name Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey, was an Australian-born mathematical physicist who built atomic collision theory in Britain and led its early space program.
Harrier (bird)
Harrier (bird), genus Circus, about 15 species of Accipitridae hawks hunting low over open ground with V-shaped wings, owl-like facial disks for hearing prey, ground nests; includes Hen, Northern, and Marsh Harriers.
Harrier jump jet
The Harrier jump jet is a family of British and American military aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing, powered by a vectored-thrust Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine.
Harriet (film)
Harriet (2019) is a Focus Features biographical drama directed by Kasi Lemmons, starring Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman; the first feature-length Tubman film, with two Oscar nominations and a 74% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Harriet (tortoise)
Harriet (c. 1830–23 June 2006) was a female Galápagos tortoise at Australia Zoo, Queensland, reputedly collected by Charles Darwin in 1835; DNA showed she came from an island Darwin never visited, and she died of heart failure at about 175.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896), American abolitionist author of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), the anti-slavery novel serialized in The National Era and best-selling after the Bible.
Harriet Bland
Harriet Claiborne Bland (1915–1991), American sprinter of the St. Louis Athletic Club; lead-off runner on the United States 4 × 100 m relay team that won gold in 46.9 at the 1936 Berlin Olympics after Germany dropped the baton.
Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross is a British Conservative politician who has been MP for Gordon and Buchan since 2024 and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland since August 2026.
Harriet Dart
Harriet Dart (born 1996, Hampstead, London) is a British WTA tennis player, career-high singles No. 70 and doubles No. 59, two-time 2026 WTA doubles champion with Maia Lumsden, Wimbledon mixed doubles finalist 2021, and Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup regular.
Harriet Dyer
Harriet Dyer (born 1988, Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian actress, writer, and producer, star of Love Child, No Activity, The Invisible Man, and co-creator of Colin from Accounts; distinct from the British comedian of the same name.