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Urwa Hocane
Urwa Hocane (Urwa Tul Wusqua Hussain, عروہ حسین), born 1991, Pakistani actress, VJ, and producer; sister of Mawra Hocane; known for Udaari, Na Maloom Afraad, Punjab Nahi Jaungi, and producing Tich Button.
Urwa ibn al-Zubayr
Urwa ibn al-Zubayr (عروة بن الزبير) was a Medinan jurist and scholar of the first Islamic century known for his written accounts of the Prophet Muhammad's life.
Urwah ibn al-Ward
Urwah ibn al-Ward (عروة بن الورد) was a pre-Islamic Arabian poet and brigand of Banu Abs, known as "father of the poor" and killed during a raid.
Uryânîzâde Esad Efendi
Uryânîzâde Esad Efendi, also written Üryanizade Ahmed Esad Efendi, was an Ottoman religious scholar who served as şeyhülislâm from 1878 until his death in 1889.
Uryevskoye oil field
Uryevskoye oil field (Урьевское месторождение) is a medium-sized oil field in West Siberia, Russia, about 10 km from Langepas, discovered in 1971 and producing since 1978 under LUKOIL.
Urzana
Urzana was the ruler, and in some documents king, of Musasir, a small kingdom between Assyria and Urartu, ended by Sargon II's conquest in 714 BC.
Urzhin Garmaev (Уржин Гармаевич Гармаев)
Urzhin Garmaev (Гармын Үржэн, 1888–1947) was a Buryat officer under Ataman Semyonov who emigrated to Manchuria in 1921, led the Shenehen Buryats, and became a lieutenant general of the Manchukuo army; executed in 1947, rehabilitated in 1992.
Us (2019 film)
Us, also known as Jordan Peele's Us, is a 2019 American horror film in which a family in Santa Cruz, California is attacked by their doppelgängers.
Us (Peter Gabriel album)
Us (US) is Peter Gabriel's sixth studio album, released 27 September 1992, six years after So; a confessional record co-produced with Daniel Lanois about his divorce, therapy, and relationships, spawning four singles and the Secret World tour.
Us (รักของเรา) (Thai TV series)
Us (รักของเรา, Our Love) is a 2025 Thai GL series by GMMTV, directed by Kanittha Kwunyoo, adapted from Chao Planoy's novel, starring Emi Thasorn and Bonnie Pattraphus; 12 episodes on GMM25, 18 January to 5 April 2025.
US AI chip export controls
US AI chip export controls are US government licensing restrictions, first applied in October 2022, that block or condition sales of advanced AI chips and chipmaking tools to China.
US AI Safety Institute
The US AI Safety Institute was a US government body at NIST for AI safety research and testing, renamed the Center for AI Standards and Innovation in 2025.
US Airways
US Airways, also known as US Air, was a major American airline formed from Allegheny Airlines and named US Airways in 1997, until it merged with American Airlines in 2013.
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549, known as the "Miracle on the Hudson," ditched in the Hudson River in 2009 after geese disabled both engines; all 155 aboard survived.
US AISI pre-deployment testing agreements
The US AISI pre-deployment testing agreements are voluntary MOUs giving the US government's AI safety institute early access to frontier AI models, first signed in 2024.
Us and the Night
Us and the Night, 3 Doors Down's sixth studio album (Republic, March 11, 2016), produced by Matt Wallace, first without Matt Roberts and Todd Harrell, lead single "In the Dark," Metascore 51.
Us and Them (song)
"Us and Them" is a 1973 Pink Floyd song from The Dark Side of the Moon, music by Richard Wright (from the rejected Zabriskie Point piece "The Violent Sequence"), lyrics by Roger Waters, sung by David Gilmour with Dick Parry saxophone.
US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command
The US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) is a US Army Materiel Command subordinate command that sustains Soldier and ground systems, headquartered at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan.
US Chess Championship
US Chess Championship: America's invitational national chess title run by US Chess alongside the U.S. Women's Championship; round robin in St. Louis, zonal in even years, first listed champion Reshevsky 1936, Fischer won all eight appearances.
US chip export controls to China
US chip export controls to China are US government restrictions, beginning in October 2022, on advanced AI chips and chipmaking equipment, administered by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security.
US Civil Nuclear Credit Program
The US Civil Nuclear Credit Program is a Department of Energy program, created by 2021 infrastructure law, that pays at-risk nuclear reactors to stay open.
US Digital (company)
US Digital is an American manufacturer of motion control components, including optical encoders, magnetic encoders, and inclinometers, founded by David and Donna Madore in 1980 and based in Vancouver, Washington.
US federal agencies targeted by DOGE
DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), a temporary White House organization created January 20, 2025 under an executive order and associated with Elon Musk, intervened in over 30 US federal agencies including USAID, CFPB, Education, and IRS through data access, layoffs, and contract cuts, with disputed savings figures and ongoing litigation.
US Festival
US Festival (Unuson's "Unite Us In Song"): Steve Wozniak's privately financed 1982 and 1983 music-and-technology festivals at Glen Helen Regional Park, Devore, California, drawing over 400,000 and roughly 650,000 attendees but losing millions.
US Foods
US Foods is the second-largest broadline foodservice distributor in the United States, supplying about 250,000 customer locations and generating $39.4 billion in net sales in fiscal 2025.
Us Innovative Technology
US Innovative Technology (USIT) is a private investment firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 2022 and led by Thomas Tull, whose flagship fund raised over $1.5 billion by 2026.
US municipal park systems
US municipal park systems are networks of city parks planned as connected landscapes and linked by parkways, beginning with Olmsted and Vaux's 1868 plan for Buffalo, New York.
US oil embargo against Japan
The US oil embargo against Japan (対日石油輸出禁止) was the 1941 cut-off of American oil exports to Japan, imposed through freezing Japanese assets after Japan moved troops into southern French Indochina.
US Open (tennis)
US Open (tennis): the fourth and final Grand Slam, held on Laykold hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, since 1978; founded 1881 at Newport; pioneered the tiebreak in 1970.
US SAF Grand Challenge
The US SAF Grand Challenge is a federal initiative launched in 2021 by the DOE, DOT, and USDA to scale sustainable aviation fuel to 3 billion gallons by 2030.