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US Sailing
US Sailing (United States Sailing Association), founded October 30, 1897 as NAYRU, is the National Governing Body for sailing in the US: a 501(c)3 running instructor certification, 14 National Championships, Olympic sailing, and community accreditation, led by CEO Charlie Enright.
US Southern Plains
US Southern Plains: the Great Plains region of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, also an EPA ecoregion of about 405,000 square miles; defined by a 10-to-60-inch precipitation gradient, Ogallala Aquifer irrigation, and recurrent drought.
Us Weekly
Us Weekly is an American celebrity and entertainment magazine founded in 1977 as Us by the New York Times Company, reformatted as a celebrity weekly in 2000, owned since the American Media era by a360media under Chatham Asset Management, with 1.95 million print circulation in 2024.
US West
US West was one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies formed in the 1984 Bell System breakup, holding local telephone operations across 14 states.
US withdrawal from Niger
The US withdrawal from Niger was the complete departure of American forces in 2024, ordered after Niger's junta revoked the agreement allowing about 1,000 US personnel.
Us without Sex (今夜一起为爱鼓掌)
Us without Sex (今夜一起為愛鼓掌) is a 2024 Taiwanese, 12-episode Mandarin drama billed as Asia's first sex-therapy series, starring 楊謹華, Ella陳嘉樺, 楊祐寧, and 王柏傑, directed by 李俊宏, premiered September 1, 2024 on MyVideo and later Netflix, a 114th Golden Bell Drama Program Award nominee.
US-Bangla Airlines
US-Bangla Airlines is a privately owned Bangladeshi airline headquartered in Dhaka, operating domestic and international flights from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Founded in 2014, it is Bangladesh's largest private carrier.
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211, a Dhaka to Kathmandu flight on a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, crashed landing at Kathmandu, Nepal, on 12 March 2018, killing 51 of 71 aboard.
US-P
US-P, Russian Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny, was a series of Soviet passive electronic ocean reconnaissance satellites, known in Western literature as EORSAT, first launched in 1974.
US–Japan Trade Agreement
The US–Japan Trade Agreement, also known as USJTA, is a limited trade deal signed in 2019 covering about $14.4 billion of trade while excluding autos, rice, and services.
US–UK airstrikes on Yemen
US–UK airstrikes on Yemen: joint air and naval campaign (Operation Poseidon Archer, from 11 January 2024) and a larger US campaign (March–May 2025) against Houthi targets in response to Red Sea shipping attacks; five joint 2024 strikes, UK's sixth strike April 2025, US cessation 6 May 2025, 153 civilians killed per Pentagon review.
US22-like
US22-like (InterPro IPR003360) is a protein domain of the betaherpesvirus US22 gene family, first described in human cytomegalovirus; members are tegument proteins, transactivators, and PKR antagonists with 0 to 4 domain copies.
Uša (river, Lithuania)
Uša (Ušà) is a 105-km Belarusian river, a left tributary of the Nemunas rising southwest of Nesvizh, with a 1,220 km² basin, 7.3 m³/s mean discharge, frozen December to March; distinct from the same-named Neris tributary.
Usa (river, Russia)
Usa (Уса), river in the Komi Republic, Russia; largest tributary of the Pechora, 565 km long, basin 93,600 km², mean discharge 1,310 m³/s, frozen November to May, navigable 325 km from Ust-Usa.
USA (satellite series)
The USA satellite series is the designation system the US Department of Defense has used since 1984, assigning each military satellite a number such as USA-1.
USA Boxing
USA Boxing (USAB) is the USOPC-recognized National Governing Body for Olympic-style amateur boxing in the United States, running rulebooks, memberships, and Team USA selection; US boxers lead the all-time Olympic boxing medal count with 111 medals.
USA Compression Partners, LP
USA Compression Partners, LP is a Delaware limited partnership headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and one of the largest independent providers of natural gas compression services in the United States.
USA Cycling
USA Cycling, founded 1920, is the USOPC- and UCI-recognized national governing body for American competitive cycling (BMX, cyclocross, mountain bike, road, track), led by CEO Brendan Quirk, with 21 national championship events in 2026.
USA Freedom Act
The USA Freedom Act is a 2015 US federal law that ended the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' phone records, replacing it with court-approved targeted queries.
USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal
USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal: Larry Nassar, national team doctor, abused hundreds of gymnasts; FBI, USAG, USOC, and MSU failures exposed by 2016 IndyStar reports, OIG report, and reforms.
Usa Hachiman Shrine oracle incident
The Usa Hachiman Shrine oracle incident (宇佐八幡宮神託事件), also called the Dōkyō incident, was a 769 succession crisis in which an oracle rejected making the monk Dōkyō emperor.
USA Hockey National Team Development Program
USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP), founded 1996 in Ann Arbor and now in Plymouth, Michigan, develops top American 16-17-year-old hockey players via U17 and U18 national teams playing USHL, NCAA, and international competition.
USA Network
USA Network is an American basic cable entertainment channel launched in 1977 as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network, renamed USA Network in 1980, once basic cable's prime-time ratings leader, now owned by Versant after the Comcast spinoff.
USA Rare Earth
USA Rare Earth, Inc. is an American rare earth and critical minerals company headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma, that is building an integrated mine-to-magnet supply chain, from mining through sintered NdFeB magnet manufacturing.
USA Shooting
USA Shooting is the national governing body for Olympic and international shooting sports in the United States, a nonprofit chartered by the USOPC in April 1995.
USA Softball Hall of Fame
The USA Softball Hall of Fame, also known as the National Softball Hall of Fame, is USA Softball's hall of fame in Oklahoma City, dedicated in 1973.
USA Sports (2025–present)
USA Sports is Versant Media's sports division, announced November 12, 2025, covering NASCAR, Premier League, WNBA, PGA Tour, WWE, and golf on USA Network, Golf Channel, and CNBC after the NBCUniversal spinoff.
USA Swimming
USA Swimming is the National Governing Body for competitive swimming in the United States, serving roughly 400,000 members from age-group swimmers to the Olympic Team.
USA Table Tennis
USA Table Tennis, also known as the United States Table Tennis Association, is the national governing body for American table tennis, founded in 1933 and recognized by the USOPC.
USA Taekwondo
USA Taekwondo (USATKD), the USOPC-certified National Governing Body for Olympic taekwondo in the United States and World Taekwondo's U.S. member; formed 2004 after the USTU collapse, headquartered in Colorado Springs, certified through 2028.