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Mercy for None (자들을 위하여)

Mercy for None (광장) is a 2025 Netflix Korean limited series, 7 episodes, adapted from the Naver webtoon Plaza Wars, starring So Ji-sub as an exiled enforcer avenging his brother's murder; No. 2 worldwide with 4.9 million early views.

Mercy Graves

Mercy Graves is a DC Comics character, Lex Luthor's bodyguard, chauffeur, and assistant, created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini for Superman: The Animated Series (1996) and later adapted into mainstream comics, live-action films, and TV.

Mercy Johnson

Mercy Johnson Okojie, born 1984 in Lagos, is a Nigerian Nollywood actress, producer, and director who debuted in The Maid (2004), starred in over 150 films, won the 2013 AMVCA Best Actress award, and serves as a Kogi State governor's aide.

Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814), American poet, political playwright, satirist, and Anti-Federalist historian of the American Revolution; author of The Adulateur, The Group, Poems Dramatic and Miscellaneous (1790), and the three-volume History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution (1805).

Mercy rule

Mercy rule, also called run rule or slaughter rule, ends a game early once one side leads by a set margin; used in youth, high school, NCAA softball and baseball, and the World Baseball Classic, but not most professional leagues.

Mercy Street (TV series)

Mercy Street (2016–2017) is PBS's first original scripted drama in over a decade, a Civil War medical drama set in Mansion House Hospital in Union-occupied Alexandria, Virginia, following nurses Mary Phinney and Emma Green across two seasons before cancellation over funding.

Mercy University

Mercy University, formerly Mercy College (until August 22, 2023), is a private university in Dobbs Ferry, Bronx, and Manhattan, New York, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1950, with six schools, 100+ programs, NCAA Division II Mavericks, and Hispanic-Serving Institution status.

Mercy-class hospital ship

The Mercy class is a pair of United States Navy hospital ships, USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort, converted from oil tankers into 1,000-bed floating hospitals in the 1980s.

Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate, Danish heavy metal band formed in Copenhagen in 1981 by King Diamond and Hank Shermann; first-wave black metal act known for Melissa (1983), Don't Break the Oath (1984), Satanic themes, and the PMRC Filthy Fifteen listing.

MercyMe

MercyMe, American contemporary Christian band formed 1994 in Greenville, Texas, led by Bart Millard; known for "I Can Only Imagine," the first Christian digital single certified platinum, Billboard's Top Christian Artist of the 2000s and 2010s, and albums through Wonder & Awe (2025).

Merdeka 118

Merdeka 118, also known as Warisan Merdeka or Menara Warisan Merdeka, is a 678.9-meter, 118-storey skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, inaugurated in 2024 and the world's second-tallest building.

Merdeka Palace

Merdeka Palace (Istana Merdeka, meaning Independence Palace) is the official residence and office of Indonesia's president in central Jakarta, built by the Dutch between 1873 and 1879.

Merdiven

"Merdiven" (Turkish for "Staircase") is a poem by Ahmet Hâşim, published in his 1926 collection Piyale, describing a slow climb at sunset read as an image of life from youth to death.

Merdjefare

Merdjefare, a pharaoh of the 14th Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, ruled the Nile Delta around 1699 BC and is known mainly from the Turin King List.

Mere Angne Mein (मेरे अंगने में)

Mere Angne Mein (मेरे अंगने में), Hindi Star Plus family comedy-drama serial, 15 June 2015 to 2017, Sphere Origins; Shrivastav family of Mughalsarai, matriarch Shanti Devi versus bride Riya; 770 episodes; streamed on VI movies and tv.

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (मेरे भाई की दुल्हन)

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (मेरे भाई की दुल्हन), aka My Brother's Bride or MBKD, is a 2011 Yash Raj Films Hindi romantic comedy, Ali Abbas Zafar's directorial debut, starring Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Ali Zafar in a bride-hunting love triangle.

Mere Christianity

Mere Christianity is a 1952 book by C. S. Lewis, compiled from four BBC radio talks of 1941 to 1944, presenting the core beliefs common to nearly all Christians.

Mere Do Anmol Ratan (मेरे दो अनमोल रतन)

Mere Do Anmol Ratan (मेरे दो अनमोल रतन) is a 1998 Hindi drama directed by K. Ravi Shankar, starring Arshad Warsi, Mukul Dev, Namrata Shirodkar, Reema Lagoo, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar, about two brothers raised by the same mother after a hospital mix-up.

Mere Humsafar (TV series)

Mere Humsafar (میرے ہمسفر) is a Pakistani Urdu romance drama on ARY Digital (30 Dec 2021, 40 episodes), starring Hania Aamir as Hala and Farhan Saeed as Hamza; written by Saira Raza, directed by Qasim Ali Mureed, Six Sigma Plus production, 8.2/10 on IMDb.

Mere Husband Ki Biwi

Mere Husband Ki Biwi (मेरे हस्बैंड की बीवी) is a 2025 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Mudassar Aziz, starring Arjun Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar, and Rakul Preet Singh; released 21 February 2025, it flopped with ₹12.73 crore worldwide.

Mere Jeevan Saathi (2006 film)

Mere Jeevan Saathi (2006), a Suneel Darshan Hindi romantic thriller starring Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, and Ameesha Patel; released 3 February 2006, a box-office disaster with an IMDb rating of 3.4, distinct from the 1972 Rajesh Khanna film of the same name.

Mere pounamu

Mere pounamu are short hand clubs carved by Māori from pounamu, New Zealand nephrite jade, and were the most valuable greenstone items in traditional Māori society.

Mere Rashk-e-Qamar (میرا رشکِ قمر)

Mere Rashk-e-Qamar (میرا رشکِ قمر), "Envy of the Moon", is an Urdu ghazal by Fana Buland Shehri, performed as a qawwali by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the 1980s and revived by the 2013 remix and 2017 Baadshaho film version.

Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (मेरे यार की शादी है)

Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (मेरे यार की शादी है), also called My Friend's Wedding, is a 2002 Yash Raj Films Hindi romantic comedy directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, starring Uday Chopra, Tulip Joshi, and Jimmy Shergill, with Jeet-Pritam music including Asha Bhosle's comeback song Sharara; a Semi Hit adapted from My Best Friend's Wedding.

Mere-exposure effect

Mere-exposure effect, or familiarity principle: increased liking for a stimulus from repeated exposure, identified by Robert Zajonc in 1968; meta-analyses show an inverted-U exposure-liking curve, strongest with brief or subliminal presentations.

Mereb Melash

Mereb Melash (Tigrinya: መረብ ምላሽ) is an old Amharic name meaning "the land beyond the Mereb", the region north of the Mereb River that became much of modern Eritrea.

Meredith A. Vacca

Meredith A. Vacca, born 1980 in Busan, South Korea, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of New York since 2024.

Meredith Baxter

Meredith Baxter, also billed as Meredith Baxter-Birney, American actress born 1947, in South Pasadena, California; starred in Bridget Loves Bernie, Family, and Family Ties as Elyse Keaton, became a TV-movie fixture, came out in 2009, and wrote the memoir Untied.

Meredith Brooks

Meredith Brooks (Meredith Ann Brooks, born 1958, Oregon City, Oregon), American singer-songwriter and producer; 1997 hit "Bitch" and album Blurring the Edges, two 1998 Grammy nominations, later Kissing Booth Music production work.

Meredith Corporation

Meredith Corporation, Des Moines-based American media company founded 1902 by Edwin Thomas Meredith; publisher of Better Homes & Gardens and People; acquired Time Inc. 2018; split and acquired by Dotdash/IAC and Gray Television in 2021; successor rebranded People Inc. 2025.