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Springfield Model 1892–99
The Springfield Model 1892–99 is the family of US Army service rifles and carbines built around the Norwegian Krag–Jørgensen bolt action, adopted in 1892 and produced chiefly at Springfield Armory until 1903.
Springfield pet-eating hoax
The Springfield pet-eating hoax was a false 2024 rumor claiming Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio ate pets; debunked by police and officials but amplified by Vance and Trump, causing bomb threats and fear.
Springfield rifle
The Springfield rifle, formally the M1903, was the standard bolt-action service rifle of the U.S. Army from 1903 to 1936, serving again through World War II and Korea.
Springfield Three
Springfield Three: Sherrill Levitt, Suzanne Streeter, and Stacy McCall, who vanished overnight June 6–7, 1992, from Levitt's home at 1717 East Delmar Street, Springfield, Missouri. Unsolved; no remains found, no charges, Robert Craig Cox the named person of interest.
Springfield, IL Metro Area
Springfield, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (Springfield MSA): OMB-defined metro area of Sangamon and Menard counties in central Illinois, population about 206,000 (2025), anchored by Illinois state government and healthcare.
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield, Illinois: state capital and Sangamon County seat, population 114,394 (2020). Abraham Lincoln's home 1837–1861; Lincoln Home National Historic Site, presidential museum, Land of Lincoln tourism.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts: largest city in Western Massachusetts on the Connecticut River, founded 1636 by William Pynchon; home of the first federal armory, birthplace of basketball, population about 155,000.
Springfield, Missouri
Springfield, Missouri: Greene County city, birthplace of Route 66 (name proposed by telegram April 30, 1926), population about 169,847 (2025), founded via John Polk Campbell's 1829 claim, site of the Hickok-Tutt shootout.
Springfield, Ohio
Springfield, Ohio, county seat of Clark County between Dayton and Columbus, founded 1801, once the 'Champion City' of agricultural machinery, now a city of about 58,000 known for its Haitian community and the 2024-2026 TPS controversy.
Springfields Fuels
Springfields Fuels Limited operates the Springfields nuclear fuel plant at Salwick near Preston, Lancashire, producing uranium hexafluoride and finished fuel for reactors in the UK and overseas.
Springhill mining disasters
Springhill mining disasters: three fatal Canadian coal mine catastrophes at Springhill, Nova Scotia. The 1891 coal-dust explosion (125 dead), 1956 No. 4 mine explosion (39 dead), and 1958 No. 2 mine bump (74-75 dead) ended the town's coal industry.
Springs Capital
Springs Capital (淡水泉) is a Beijing-based asset management firm founded in 2007 by former Harvest Fund manager Zhao Jun, known for contrarian, fundamental-driven investing in Chinese markets.
Springsnail conservation in the United States
Springsnail conservation in the United States protects minute freshwater snails, chiefly Pyrgulopsis, that live in single springs; several species are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is a 2025 20th Century Studios biopic directed by Scott Cooper, starring Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen making the 1982 album Nebraska; released October 24, 2025, it earned $45.2 million worldwide.
Springtail
Springtail (Collembola), tiny wingless hexapod arthropod, not a true insect, found worldwide in soil and litter. Furcula jumping organ, collophore ventral tube, ~9,500 species, ~32% of terrestrial arthropod abundance.
Springtide Ventures
SpringTide Ventures is an early-stage healthtech venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Austin Walters, investing in digital health, medical devices, life sciences, and tech-enabled care delivery.
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.
SpringWorks Therapeutics is a Stamford, Connecticut biopharmaceutical company spun out of Pfizer in 2017 to develop cancer and rare-disease therapies, acquired by Merck KGaA in 2025.
Sprinkles
Sprinkles, also called jimmies, nonpareils, or hundreds and thousands, are small sugar-based confectionery decorations for cakes, cookies, and ice cream; made of sugar, starch, oil, dyes, and shellac glaze, with nonpareils dating to 17th-century France.
Sprinklr
Sprinklr is an American software company founded in 2009 by Ragy Thomas and headquartered in New York City, selling a unified platform for customer service, social media, and marketing.
Sprint (running)
Sprint (running): maximum-speed running over short track distances; World Athletics defines sprints as events up to 400 m (Olympic 100, 200, 400 m). Key facts: Bolt's 9.58 s and 19.19 s records, force application, stride mechanics, fatigue effects.
Sprint (track cycling)
The sprint, also known as match sprint, is a track cycling event contested at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships since at least 1897, often featuring track stands.
Sprint car racing
Sprint car racing: North American open-wheel dirt-track racing with fenderless, winged (or wingless) single-seat cars; 410 or 360 ci methanol V-8s, ~900 hp, ~1,425 lb minimum; World of Outlaws, High Limit Racing, Knoxville Nationals.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation, also known as Sprint Nextel, was an American wireless and wireline telecommunications company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, until its 2020 merger with T-Mobile US.
Sprint Z3
The Sprint Z3 is a 3-PRS parallel kinematic machining head with two rotational and one translational axis, developed by DS-Technologie in 1999 for machining aluminum aircraft structures.
Sprinto
Sprinto is a Bengaluru-based SaaS company founded by Girish Redekar and Raghuveer Kancherla whose platform automates compliance programs such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA, serving over 3,000 customers.
SprintRay
迅实科技 (Zhejiang Xunshi Technology Co., Ltd.), trading as SprintRay, is a Chinese dental 3D-printing company founded in 2013 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, which raised over US$100 million in 2022.
Sprints (band)
Sprints are a Dublin post-punk/garage-punk band formed in 2019, led by Karla Chubb; debut EP Manifesto (2021), albums Letter to Self (2024, UK/Ireland Top 20) and All That Is Over (2025), produced by Gilla Band's Daniel Fox.
Sprite (computer graphics)
A sprite, also called an image sprite, is a two-dimensional bitmap that can be positioned and moved independently within a larger scene, most often in 2D video games.
Sprite (drink)
Sprite: caffeine-free lemon-lime carbonated soft drink of The Coca-Cola Company, developed late 1950s, launched US February 1, 1961; competes with 7 Up and PepsiCo's Starry; variants include Sprite Zero Sugar.
Sprite (lightning)
A sprite, often called a red sprite, is a brief electrical discharge appearing 40 to 90 km above Earth, above intense thunderstorms, triggered by positive cloud-to-ground lightning.