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Sarina Hülsenbeck
Sarina Hülsenbeck (later Fischer), born 1962 in Rostock, East German swimmer with ASK Vorwärts Potsdam; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold and world record 3:42.71 anchoring the 4x100 m freestyle relay.
Sarina Wiegman
Sarina Wiegman (born 1969, Den Haag), Dutch manager and ex-midfielder with 104 Netherlands caps; England women's head coach since 2021; won EURO 2017 with the Netherlands and EUROs 2022 and 2025 with England, five straight finals.
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram
Saripodhaa Sanivaaram (సరిపోదా శనివారం), aka Surya's Saturday, is a 2024 Telugu vigilante action thriller by Vivek Athreya starring Nani and S. J. Suryah; released August 29, 2024, it grossed ₹98.20 Cr worldwide and streams on Netflix.
Sariputraprakarana
Sariputraprakarana, also called Shariputraprakarana, is a nine-act Sanskrit Buddhist drama by Ashvaghosha, from about the second century CE, dramatizing the conversion of the Buddha's chief disciples Shariputra and Maudgalyayana.
Sariputta
Sariputta (शारिपुत्र), also called Upatissa, was one of the two chief disciples of Gotama the Buddha, declared foremost in wisdom, and credited with originating the textual order of the Abhidhamma.
Sariqa
Sariqa is the classical Arabic critical term for a poet's taking of meaning, wording, or imagery from another poet and presenting it as his own.
Sarir Oil and Gas Field
Sarir Oil and Gas Field (حقل سرير) is a giant oil field in the Sirte Basin of southeastern Libya, the largest in Libya, discovered in 1961 with 11 to 13 billion barrels in place.
Sarir-Tobruk Oil Pipeline
The Sarir-Tobruk Oil Pipeline (خط أنابيب السرير) is a Libyan crude oil pipeline built in 1969, running 514 km from the Sarir oilfield to the Tobruk terminal.
Sariska Tiger Reserve
Sariska Tiger Reserve, Alwar district, Rajasthan (Aravalli hills), a 1,213 sq km Project Tiger reserve created in 1978. Its tigers were poached to local extinction by 2004, then reintroduced from Ranthambhore from June 2008, reaching 56 tigers by 2026.
Sarissa (σάρισα)
Sarissa (σάρισα), the long two-handed pike of the Macedonian phalanx introduced under Philip II; roughly 15–18 feet, about 15 pounds, giving five projecting spear points per file and near-invulnerability from the front until Roman flanking defeats at Cynoscephalae and Pydna.
Sarit Firon
Sarit Firon is an Israeli venture capital investor and Managing Partner at Team8, where she co-founded Team8 Capital in 2020, known for early investments in Datorama, Armis, and Alooma.
Sarit Thanarat
Sarit Thanarat (สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์) was a Thai field marshal who took power in the 1957 and 1958 coups and served as Prime Minister until his death in 1963.
Sarita Choudhury
Sarita Choudhury (Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury), British actress born 1966 in London, debuted in Mississippi Masala (1991) and plays Seema Patel in And Just Like That..., with Homeland, Kama Sutra, and The Green Knight credits.
Sarita Joshi
Sarita Joshi (सरिता जोशी), née Bhosle, born 1941 in Pune, Indian actress of Gujarati and Marathi theatre and Hindi TV; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1988, Padma Shri 2020, best known as Baa in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby.
Saritha
Saritha, also known as Sareetha, is an Indian actress who starred in over 150 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films, debuting in Maro Charithra in 1978.
Sarivadyasava
Sarivadyasava (Sārivādyāsava, Saribadyasavam) is an Ayurvedic fermented liquid (asava) led by Hemidesmus indicus root, with 5–10% self-generated alcohol, used traditionally for gout, urinary, skin, and blood disorders; dose 12–30 ml.
Sariwŏn-si
Sariwŏn-si (사리원시, 沙里院市), also spelled Sariwon, is the provincial capital of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, about 57 km from Pyongyang; a rail junction, agricultural center, and city of roughly 308,000 people.
Sarizotan
Sarizotan (EMD 128130), a 5-HT1A agonist and dopamine D3/D4 ligand developed by Merck KGaA for levodopa dyskinesia; failed phase III trials and a Rett syndrome trial (STARS, NCT02790034), never approved.
Sark
Sark is a 5.44 km² car-free Channel Island, a self-governing Crown Dependency within the Bailiwick of Guernsey with about 560 residents, a parliament called Chief Pleas, and the world's first Dark Sky Island designation.
Särkänniemi Aquarium
Särkänniemi Aquarium (Särkänniemen akvaario), Tampere, Finland: opened April 1969 with the planetarium as the resort's first buildings. Year-round indoor aquarium with 20+ pools, 200 fish species, reptiles, amphibians; former seal pool and 1985–2015 dolphinarium.
Sarkar (2005 film)
Sarkar (2005) is a Hindi crime drama by Ram Gopal Varma starring Amitabh Bachchan as Subhash Nagre, a Mumbai patriarch dispensing extrajudicial justice. Inspired by The Godfather and read as modeled on Bal Thackeray; sequels Sarkar Raj (2008) and Sarkar 3 (2017).
Sarkar (சர்கார்) (2018 film)
Sarkar (சர்கார்), 2018 Tamil political action film by A.R. Murugadoss starring Vijay as NRI Sundar Ramaswamy fighting electoral fraud; Sun Pictures, Diwali 2018 release, AIADMK cuts, ₹252 crore worldwide.
Sarkar 3 (सरकार 3)
Sarkar 3 (सरकार 3), 2017 Hindi political crime film by Ram Gopal Varma, third in the Sarkar series with Amitabh Bachchan as Subhash Nagre; released 12 May 2017, ₹36 crore budget, ₹20.53 crore worldwide gross, negative reviews.
Sarkar Guwahati
Sarkar Guwahati (سرکار گوہاٹی) was a Mughal administrative province centered on Guwahati, organized after Mir Jumla's conquest in 1662 and ended when the Ahoms expelled the Mughals at the Battle of Itakhuli in 1682.
Sarkar Raj
Sarkar Raj (ساركار راج) is a 2008 Hindi-language political crime thriller directed by Ram Gopal Varma, the second film in the Sarkar franchise, starring Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Sarkaru Vaari Paata (సర్కారు వారి పాట)
Sarkaru Vaari Paata (సర్కారు వారి పాట) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Parasuram Petla, starring Mahesh Babu and Keerthy Suresh, released on 12 May 2022.
Sarkeet
Sarkeet (സർക്കീട്ട്), also released as A Short Trip, is a 2025 Malayalam drama directed by Thamar KV, starring Asif Ali, about a Gulf-based couple raising a son with ADHD and a job seeker who enters their lives.
Sarkel
Sarkel (Bela Vezha) was a Khazar fortress on the Don River built in the 830s with Byzantine help, controlling the Don-Volga portage trade, and captured by Svyatoslav of Rus' in 965.
Sarkhej Roza
Sarkhej Roza (سرکھیج روزا) is a 15th-century tomb and mosque complex near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, built around the grave of the Sufi saint Ahmed Khattu Ganj Baksh.
Sarkhun Gas Field
Sarkhun Gas Field is an onshore natural gas and condensate field in Hormozgan province, southern Iran, about 20 km from Bandar Abbas, operated by the National Iranian Oil Company.