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Riding boots
Riding boots are footwear for motorcycles and horses, characterized by a shaft that covers the ankle and a heel designed for grip and control, protecting the user during rides.
Riding in Cars with Boys
Riding in Cars with Boys is a 2001 Penny Marshall comedy-drama starring Drew Barrymore as writer Beverly Donofrio, adapted from Donofrio's 1990 memoir about teenage pregnancy, single motherhood, and a writing career; released by Columbia Pictures.
Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve
Riding Mountain Biosphere Reserve (Riding Mountain UNESCO World Biosphere Region), Manitoba, Canada: UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve designated 1986, core Riding Mountain National Park (~3,000 km2) plus a 12,000 km2 Zone of Cooperation of 12 municipalities and 4 First Nations.
Riding shotgun
Riding shotgun, also called calling shotgun, is a chiefly American idiom for the front passenger seat of a car, from the Old West armed stagecoach guard; the phrase itself is attested from 1905 to 1919, not the 1800s.
Ridinilazole
Ridinilazole (formerly SMT19969) is a non-absorbable, narrow-spectrum bis-benzimidazole antibiotic for Clostridioides difficile infection that binds C. difficile DNA in the minor groove; phase 3 trials showed lower recurrence than vancomycin but missed superiority, and Summit sold it to Biossil in 2026.
Ridley (Metroid)
Ridley (リドリー) is the dragon-like leader of the Space Pirates and Samus Aran's arch-nemesis in Nintendo's Metroid series, debuting in Metroid (1986), recurring as Meta Ridley and other forms, and playable in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Ridley (TV series)
Ridley is a British ITV crime drama (2022–2024) starring Adrian Dunbar as retired DI Alex Ridley, brought back as a consultant by former protégée DI Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh). Created by Vera writer Paul Matthew Thompson; two series, 12 episodes, set in Pennine Lancashire.
Ridley Island
Ridley Island: name of two islands, one off King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (charted by Bransfield, 1820), and one near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, named for Bishop William Ridley in 1924.
Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott (born 1937, South Shields) is the English director of Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, and The Martian, founder of RSA and Scott Free with brother Tony, BAFTA Fellowship 2018, and still directing at 88 with The Dog Stars.
Ridley Scott filmography
Ridley Scott filmography: the feature films directed by British director Ridley Scott (born 1940), from The Duellists (1977) through Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Napoleon, Gladiator II, and The Dog Stars (2026), plus Scott Free producing credits.
Ridouan Taghi
Ridouan Taghi, Dutch-Moroccan leader of the Mocro Maffia cocaine network, arrested in Dubai in 2019 and sentenced to life in 2024 for five murders in the Marengo trial, now appealing.
Ridvan Aydemir
Ridvan Aydemir, known online as Apostate Prophet, is a Turkish-German ex-Muslim YouTuber born in Germany, formerly devout Sunni Muslim, then atheist, converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in 2025, critiquing Islam and debating apologists.
Rie Kaneto
Rie Kaneto (金藤理絵), Japanese swimmer born 1988 in Shobara, Hiroshima; won 200 m breaststroke gold at Rio 2016 in 2:20.30, seventh at Beijing 2008, Japanese record holder 2:19.65, retired after 2016.
Rie Kugimiya (釘宮理恵)
Rie Kugimiya (釘宮理恵, Kugimiya Rie), born 1979, is a Japanese voice actress of I'm Enterprise known as the "Queen of Tsundere"; noted for Alphonse Elric, Kagura, Iori Minase, Shana, and Taiga, and a two-time Seiyu Awards winner.
Rie Mastenbroek
Hendrika "Rie" Mastenbroek (1919–2003) was a Dutch swimmer who won three golds and a silver at the 1936 Berlin Olympics at age 17, setting Olympic records.
Rie Takahashi (高橋李依)
Rie Takahashi (高橋李依), born 1994, is a Japanese voice actress and Sony Music singer with 81 Produce, known as Emilia (Re:Zero), Megumin (KonoSuba), Takagi-san, and Ai (Oshi no Ko), a Seiyu Awards winner and Earphones member.
Rie Tanaka (田中 理恵)
Rie Tanaka (田中理恵), born 1979 in Sapporo, is a Japanese voice actress and singer with Office Anemone, known as Chii in Chobits, Lacus Clyne in Gundam SEED, Neptune, Mitsuru Kirijo, and Lisa in Genshin Impact; distinct from the gymnast of the same name.
Rie van Veen
Rie van Veen, Dutch swimmer of the late 1930s; won silver in the 400 m freestyle (5:27.7) and the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1938 European Championships, behind Ragnhild Hveger.
Riebiņu Novads
Riebiņu Novads (Riebiņi Municipality) was a Latvian municipality in Latgale, formed in 2004 from six parishes and merged into Preiļu Municipality on 1 July 2021; population 4,625 in 2019.
Ried (football club)
SV Ried (Sportvereinigung Ried von 1912), Austrian football club from Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria; green-black Vikings, two ÖFB-Cup wins (1998, 2011), 2006/07 runners-up, playing as SV Oberbank Ried.
Ried (site)
Ried (site): several archaeological sites named Ried, including Burg Ried am Riederberg, a castle near Vienna built around 1200, and Ried/Mühlehölzli, a 102-grave cemetery in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Riedel (glassware)
Riedel is an Austrian crystal glassware manufacturer, founded in Bohemia in 1756 and still family-run in its eleventh generation from Kufstein, Tyrol, known for popularizing grape varietal specific glassware, glasses shaped for each wine style.
Riegel
Riegel (Riegel am Kaiserstuhl), Baden-Württemberg, Germany: Roman forts from the mid 1st century AD and a later civitas capital of about 27 ha in Germania superior, with a 75 m basilica, forum, and mithraeum, declining in the 3rd-century crisis.
Rieger anomaly
Rieger anomaly is a congenital eye defect featuring iris stroma thinning, hole formation, corectopia, and features of Axenfeld's anomaly, with glaucoma in about half of patients.
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act
The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act is a 1994 US federal law that first allowed banks to operate branch networks across state lines.
Riek Machar
Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, Nuer politician and SPLM-IO chairman, South Sudan's First Vice President under the 2018 R-ARCSS; led the 1991 Nasir faction split from Garang, fought civil wars against Kiir, and was suspended and tried for treason in 2025.
Rieko Ioane
Rieko Ioane, All Black No. 1156 (born 1997), New Zealand wing and outside centre; 88 tests, 195 points; Blues 2016–2025; 2017 World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year; Leinster sabbatical 2025/26, URC winner 2026.
Rieko Matsuura
Rieko Matsuura (松浦理英子, born 1958) is a Japanese novelist from Matsuyama known for fiction about sex, the body, and gender, including The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P.
Rieko Nakagawa
Rieko Nakagawa (中川李枝子) was a Japanese children's author best known for the picture-book series Guri and Gura and for writing the lyrics of the My Neighbor Totoro theme song.
Riemann (lunar crater)
Riemann is a large IAU-approved impact crater on the Moon's farside at about 39°N, 87°E, roughly 163 km across, named in 1964 for German mathematician Bernhard Riemann.