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Walker (TV series)
Walker is a 2021-2024 CW drama starring Jared Padalecki as Cordell Walker, a widowed Texas Ranger, in a reimagining of Chuck Norris's Walker, Texas Ranger; created by Anna Fricke, filmed in Austin, 4 seasons, 69 episodes.
Walker & Royce
Walker & Royce are an American tech-house duo of Sam Walker and Gavin Royce, known for groove-heavy house music in New York City since 2011 and their Dirtybird albums.
Walker Bleakney
Walker Bleakney (1901–1992) was an American experimental physicist who spent his career, 1930 to 1969, at Princeton University, working on mass spectrometry, gas ionization, and blast waves, and chaired its physics department.
Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler, American MLB right-handed pitcher (born 1994, Lexington, KY), Vanderbilt, Dodgers first-round pick 2015; two-time All-Star, 2020 and 2024 World Series champion, two Tommy John surgeries, now with the San Diego Padres.
Walker circulation
Walker circulation: the zonal atmospheric overturning loop over the equatorial Pacific, named for Gilbert Walker. Rising air over the western warm pool, sinking over the eastern Pacific; strengthened since 1979 but projected to weaken under greenhouse warming.
Walker constellation
A Walker constellation is a symmetric arrangement of satellites in circular orbits of identical altitude and inclination, spread evenly among equally spaced planes with a set relative phasing between them.
Walker Evans
Walker Evans (1903–1975) was an American photographer known for his Farm Security Administration Depression-era work and for Let Us Now Praise Famous Men with James Agee.
Walker Hayes
Walker Hayes (Charles Edgar Walker Hayes, born 1979) is an American country-pop singer-songwriter from Mobile, Alabama, known for "Fancy Like," "You Broke Up with Me," and albums boom. and Country Stuff The Album.
Walker Kessler
Walker Kessler (born 2001) is an American NBA center, 7'1", for the Los Angeles Lakers. Auburn NCAA Defensive Player of the Year, 2022 first-round pick, third in 2023 Rookie of the Year voting, traded from Utah in 2026.
Walker Lake (Nevada)
Walker Lake is a terminal lake in Mineral County, Nevada, fed by the Walker River with no outlet. Agricultural diversions have shrunk it and killed its native fish.
Walker Lane
The Walker Lane is a zone of strike-slip and normal faults in eastern California and western Nevada that carries about 20 percent of the motion between the Pacific and North American plates.
Walker Lee Cisler
Walker Lee Cisler (1897–1994) was an American mechanical engineer and executive who chaired Detroit Edison, directed the Enrico Fermi breeder reactor, and advocated peaceful nuclear energy.
Walker Lyons
Walker Lyons, BYU tight end (formerly USC), Folsom California four-star recruit, LDS mission in Norway, 26 career catches, transferred January 2026, 2028 NFL draft prospect.
Walker motifs
Walker motifs: Walker A (GxxxxGKT/S) and Walker B (hhhhD) conserved sequences of P-loop NTPases, named after John Walker; they bind NTP phosphates and Mg2+ in ATPases, ABC transporters, and helicases.
Walker Percy
Walker Percy (1916–1990) was an American novelist, essayist, and trained physician from the Deep South whose debut novel The Moviegoer won the National Book Award in 1961.
Walker S
Walker S is a series of full-size industrial humanoid robots by UBTECH Robotics of Shenzhen, China. Its Walker S2, mass-produced from November 2025, swaps its own battery for 24/7 work.
Walker White
Walker White, American college football quarterback from Little Rock, Arkansas; four-star 2024 recruit who signed with Auburn, transferred to Baylor in 2024, then to Central Arkansas in January 2026, with one career game played.
Walker Zimmerman
Walker Zimmerman is an American soccer center back from Lawrenceville, Georgia; drafted seventh overall in 2013, he played for FC Dallas, LAFC, and Nashville SC before joining Toronto FC in 2026, with 46 USMNT caps, three goals, and a 2022 World Cup role.
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger: CBS action crime drama (1993-2001) starring Chuck Norris as Dallas-based Ranger Cordell Walker; Saturday-night hit peaking at 19.4 million viewers; rebooted on The CW with Jared Padalecki.
Walkera
Walkera (华科尔) is the brand of Guangzhou Walkera Technology, a drone manufacturer founded in 2001 and headquartered in Guangzhou, known for the F210 racing quad and Devo transmitters.
Walkers
Walkers (walking frames) are four-legged mobility aids with two handgrips for people with balance or weight-bearing problems; types include standard, two-wheel, and the wheeled rollator invented by Aina Wifalk.
Walkers (snack foods)
Walkers is PepsiCo's British crisp brand, founded in 1948 by Leicester butcher Henry Walker, American-owned since 1989, with its Leicester factory among the world's largest crisp plants and brands including Wotsits, Quavers and Monster Munch.
Walkerton E. coli outbreak
The Walkerton E. coli outbreak, also called the Walkerton tragedy, was a May 2000 waterborne disease outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario, that sickened more than 2,300 and killed seven.
Walkie-talkie
A walkie-talkie, also known as a handheld transceiver, is a portable two-way radio with a push-to-talk button, a name that began with the World War II SCR-300 backpack set.
Walking
Walking: the human bipedal gait with a 60/40 stance-swing cycle, optimal cost about 2 J/kg/m near 1.11 m/s, evolved early in hominins with evidence from Orrorin, Laetoli footprints, and diverse fossil feet.
Walking Buddha of Sukhothai
The Walking Buddha of Sukhothai (Thai: Phra Phuttharup Pang Lila) is a Buddha image shown mid-stride with one hand raised in reassurance, invented by Sukhothai sculptors in 14th-century Thailand.
Walking catfish
Walking catfish (Clarias batrachus), also called magur, is a Southeast Asian air-breathing catfish that moves overland using pectoral fins. Established in Florida since the 1960s, listed as injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act since 1970.
Walking Distance
"Walking Distance" is a 1959 first-season Twilight Zone episode (S1E5, CBS, October 30, 1959) written by Rod Serling, in which executive Martin Sloan travels back to 1934 and causes his own childhood limp; also known for its Binghamton Recreation Park roots.
Walking in Memphis
"Walking in Memphis" is Marc Cohn's 1991 gospel-piano hit from his Atlantic debut album, written after a 1985 Memphis trip to cure writer's block; it peaked at No. 13 in the US, won Cohn the 1992 Best New Artist Grammy, and was later covered by Cher (1995) and Lonestar (2003).
Walking in the Air
"Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film The Snowman, accompanying the snowman's flight with the boy.