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Omurice (オムライス)
Omurice (オムライス, omuraisu) is Japanese yoshoku comfort food: ketchup-seasoned chicken rice wrapped in a thin omelette. Origin claimed by Rengatei (Tokyo, c. 1900) and Hokkyokusei (Osaka, 1925); styles include ganso, fuwatoro, and Kichi Kichi's viral sliced-open version.
Omurtag of Bulgaria
Khan Omurtag (Омуртаг), also spelled Omortag, was khan of Bulgaria from 814 or 815 to 831, known as "the Builder" for rebuilding his capital Pliska in stone.
Omutnitsa Vallis
Omutnitsa Vallis is a 150 km valley feature on Venus at 33°N, 292°E, approved by the IAU in 1997 and named for an East Slavic river deity; one of 72 named Venusian valles.
OMV
OMV is an Austrian integrated energy, fuels, and chemicals company headquartered in Vienna. Founded in 1956, it is Austria's largest listed industrial company, with 1,708 filling stations in eight European countries.
OMV Group
OMV Group is an Austrian integrated energy, fuels, and chemicals company and one of Austria's largest listed industrial companies, with EUR 24 bn sales in 2025.
OMV Petrom
OMV Petrom is a Romanian integrated energy company and the largest in Southeastern Europe, majority-owned by Austria's OMV and listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
On (company)
On (On Holding AG, NYSE: ONON) is a Swiss premium sportswear company founded in 2010, known for CloudTec running shoes and LightSpray; 2025 net sales reached CHF 3,014.0 million, up 30%.
On 3 September 1990, the Social Security Office (SSO)
The Social Security Office (SSO), สำนักงานประกันสังคม, is the Thai government agency under the Ministry of Labour, established on 3 September 1990, that runs social insurance covering over 12 million workers.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: Burton Lane–Alan Jay Lerner musical about hypnosis and reincarnation; Broadway 1965 with Barbara Harris, 1970 Minnelli film with Barbra Streisand, 2011 revival with Harry Connick, Jr.
On a Ragga Tip
"On a Ragga Tip" is a 1992 single by British rave duo SL2, released on XL Recordings, that peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
On a Roll
On a roll: informal English idiom for a streak of success or good luck, dating from the mid-1900s. Also the title of Miley Cyrus's 2019 Ashley O song from Black Mirror, Lincoln Peirce's 2011 Big Nate novel, and Linda Ashman's 2011 picture book.
On Ancient and Modern Russia
On Ancient and Modern Russia (Записка о древней и новой России) is an 1811 political memorandum by Nikolay Karamzin defending autocracy to Emperor Alexander I.
On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance
On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance (Kaisha to Shiseikatsu: On to Off, 会社と私生活－オンとオフ－) is a romance manga by Shinnosuke Kanazawa about office coworkers Amata and Hanku, a lolita-fashion man and punk woman who bond off the clock without recognizing each other; serialized on Gangan Pixiv since 2023, licensed in English by Square Enix.
On Avery Island
On Avery Island is Neutral Milk Hotel's 1996 debut album on Merge Records, recorded on four-track by Jeff Mangum with Robert Schneider; a lo-fi concept album overshadowed by In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
On Becoming a God in Central Florida is a 2019 Showtime dark comedy, created by Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky, starring Kirsten Dunst as Krystal Stubbs, who climbs a 1992 Florida pyramid scheme called FAM. Ten episodes; renewed then cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19.
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a 2024 black comedy drama directed by Rungano Nyoni, starring Susan Chardy as a Zambian woman uncovering family secrets at a funeral.
On Body and Soul
On Body and Soul (Testről és lélekről) is a 2017 Hungarian drama by Ildikó Enyedi in which two slaughterhouse workers share a dream of meeting as deer; it won the 2017 Golden Bear and was Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.
On Bullshit
On Bullshit is Harry Frankfurt's 1986 Raritan essay, republished as a 2005 Princeton best seller, defining bullshit as speech indifferent to truth rather than false, and distinguishing the bullshitter from the liar.
On Call (TV series)
On Call is a 2025 Prime Video half-hour police procedural from Wolf Entertainment, created by Tim Walsh and Elliot Wolf, starring Troian Bellisario and Brandon Larracuente as Long Beach patrol officers; cancelled after one eight-episode season in May 2025.
On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach is Ian McEwan's 2007 novella about Edward and Florence, both 22, on a disastrous 1962 wedding night in Dorset; it won the 2008 Galaxy Book of the Year award and was filmed by Dominic Cooke with Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle.
On Chesil Beach (film)
On Chesil Beach, 2018 British drama and Dominic Cooke's feature debut, adapted by Ian McEwan from his 2007 Booker-shortlisted novella; Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle star as 1962 newlyweds on a disastrous Dorset honeymoon.
On Cinema
On Cinema at the Cinema is a satirical American movie review web series by Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington, begun as a 2011 podcast, aired on Adult Swim from 2013, and streaming on HEI Network since 2021, famous for its Five Bags of Popcorn ratings and sprawling fictional universe.
On conducting a special military operation
On conducting a special military operation: Putin's 24 February 2022 televised address announcing the invasion of Ukraine (специальная военная операция, СВО), its stated goals of demilitarization and denazification, its legal framing, and its aftermath.
On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground is a 1994 American action film, Steven Seagal's directorial debut, in which oil-company trouble-shooter Forrest Taft turns against his corrupt employer in Alaska, co-starring Michael Caine.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is Ocean Vuong's 2019 Penguin Press debut novel, a letter from queer Vietnamese American writer Little Dog to his illiterate mother, set in Hartford, Connecticut; NBA 2019 longlist, PEN/Faulkner finalist, A24 film directed by Levan Akin.
On Every Street
On Every Street is Dire Straits' sixth and final studio album, released 9 September 1991 on Vertigo, produced by Mark Knopfler. It hit UK No.1, sold about 8 million copies, and was followed by a 229-show farewell tour.
On Fairy-Stories
On Fairy-stories, J.R.R. Tolkien's Andrew Lang Lecture (St Andrews, 8 March 1939, published 1947), defines the fairy-story genre, coining sub-creation, Secondary World, and eucatastrophe, and argues fairy-stories are for adults, not children.
On Falling
On Falling (2024) is Laura Carreira's debut drama about Aurora, a Portuguese warehouse picker in Edinburgh, a UK/Portugal Sixteen Films and BRO Cinema co-production that won San Sebastián's Silver Shell and the BFI Sutherland Award.
On Female Culture
On Female Culture (Sobre cultura femenina) is a 1950 critical essay, the master's thesis of Mexican writer Rosario Castellanos, asking whether a female culture exists.
On Fertile Lands
On Fertile Lands (Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde) is a 1954 novel by Turkish writer Orhan Kemal about three villagers who migrate to work in the Çukurova cotton fields.