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Wrap-rib antenna
A wrap-rib antenna is a deployable space reflector whose parabolic ribs wrap around a central hub for launch and elastically unfurl to tension a reflective mesh.
Wrapped Reichstag
The Wrapped Reichstag (Verhüllter Reichstag) was a temporary 1995 environmental artwork by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, wrapping the Reichstag building in Berlin in silver fabric for two weeks.
Wrapped the Playboy Around My Finger (夫人她专治不服)
Wrapped the Playboy Around My Finger (夫人她专治不服) is a 2025 Chinese 69-episode vertical short drama on Hongguo, starring Li Keyi and Wang Peiyan, about an assassin's flash marriage; it passed a billion plays and spawned three sequels.
Wrasse
Wrasses (Labridae) are a large marine fish family of roughly 500–600 species on tropical and temperate reefs, known for protogynous sex change, cleaner wrasse mutualisms, and use as cleaner fish in salmon farming.
Wrath (The Walking Dead)
Wrath (2018) is the 115th episode and season 8 finale of AMC's The Walking Dead, written by Gimple, Kang, and Negrete, directed by Nicotero. It ends the All Out War arc: Rick spares Negan, Maggie vows revenge, and Morgan Jones departs for Fear the Walking Dead.
Wrath of Man
Wrath of Man is a 2021 action crime thriller directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham as a mysterious armored-truck guard seeking his son's killers. It is a remake of the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur.
Wrath of Rakshasa
Wrath of Rakshasa is a B&M dive roller coaster at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois, opened May 31, 2025: 180 ft tall, 96-degree 171-ft drop, 67 mph, five inversions, built on the former Buccaneer Battle site.
Wrath of the Titans
Wrath of the Titans is a 2012 American fantasy action film directed by Jonathan Liebesman and the sequel to Clash of the Titans, starring Sam Worthington as Perseus.
Wrath of the Triple Goddess
Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Senior Year Adventures book 2; Percy Jackson and the Olympians book 7) is Rick Riordan's 2024 novel in which Percy, Annabeth, and Grover pet-sit Hecate's escaped pets in New York while Percy earns a college recommendation letter.
Wreath
A wreath is a circular garland, usually woven of flowers, leaves, and foliage, that signifies honor or celebration, from Greek Olympic victory wreaths to Roman funeral and Christian Advent wreaths.
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (高山下的花环)
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (高山下的花环) is Xie Jin's 1984 Shanghai Film Studio war drama adapted from Li Cunbao's novella about the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War; it won Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers awards and drew 150 million admissions.
Wreck of the Batavia
The wreck of the Batavia was the 1629 loss of a Dutch East India Company ship on Morning Reef off Western Australia, followed by mutiny and massacre.
Wreck of the Dunbar
The wreck of the Dunbar was the 1857 loss of a British clipper ship on cliffs at South Head, Sydney, drowning 121 of the 122 aboard.
Wreck of the General Grant
The wreck of the General Grant was the 1866 loss of an American clipper ship carrying gold in New Zealand's Auckland Islands; 15 of 83 aboard survived.
Wreck of the Titanic
The wreck of the Titanic lies in two main sections on the North Atlantic floor southeast of Newfoundland, found in 1985, 73 years after the ship sank.
Wreck-It Ralph
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) is Disney Animation's arcade-villain comedy directed by Rich Moore, starring John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman; 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 72 Metascore, Oscar-nominated, over $470 million worldwide, sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
Wreckage reconstruction
Wreckage reconstruction is the aircraft accident investigation practice of recovering and reassembling destroyed aircraft pieces so fracture patterns and debris distribution can be read as a sequence of events.
Wreckfest
Wreckfest, formerly known as Next Car Game, is a demolition derby racing game by Finland's Bugbear Entertainment, released in 2018 with soft-body damage simulation and deep vehicle customization.
Wreckfest 2
Wreckfest 2 is Bugbear's demolition-derby racing sequel, published by THQ Nordic, in Steam Early Access for PC since March 20, 2025, with an overhauled physics engine, monthly content updates, and a planned full release on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Wrecking (shipwreck)
Wrecking (shipwreck) is the coastal salvage of cargo and goods from wrecked ships, historically a customary right in Cornwall and elsewhere; historians show the murderous wrecker-with-false-lights myth, fixed by du Maurier's Jamaica Inn, lacks documentary support.
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song)
Wrecking Ball, Miley Cyrus power ballad, second single from Bangerz (2013), RCA Records; her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1; Terry Richardson nude video set Vevo 24-hour records; RIAA 3x Platinum.
Wrekin Hill Fort
Wrekin Hill Fort: Iron Age multivallate and univallate hillfort on The Wrekin, Shropshire, probably the Cornovii capital, occupied from the Late Bronze Age until possible Roman destruction around AD 48-50.
Wren
Wrens (family Troglodytidae, Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes) are tiny brown songbirds, 86 species mostly in the Americas; the Eurasian Wren is the sole Old World wren, split from Winter and Pacific Wrens in 2010.
Wren AI
Wren AI (WrenAI) is Canner's open-source GenBI and text-to-SQL engine built on an MDL semantic context layer, with Wren UI, AI Service, and Core services, agent skills, MCP and ChatGPT integrations, and a commercial cloud.
Wren Sinclair
Wren Sinclair, ring name of Madi Wrenkowski (Madison Dombkowski), American wrestler born 1995 in Dallas, Texas; former NWA tag champion, WWE NXT wrestler, No Quarter Catch Crew member, and 2026 WWE Women's Speed Champion.
Wren Zhawenim Gotts
Wren Zhawenim Gotts (born 2013) is an Anishinaabe child actress, enrolled Sokaogon Chippewa, discovered via Ojibwe-language YouTube videos; she plays young Bonnie in Marvel's Echo and Good Eagle in Netflix's Little House on the Prairie reboot.
Wrench
A wrench, also called a spanner, is a hand tool that applies torque to turn nuts and bolts, from fixed open-end and box-end types to adjustable wrenches.
Wrenn Schmidt
Wrenn Schmidt (Melinda Wrenn Schmidt) is an American actress known for Margo Madison in For All Mankind, Julia Sagorsky on Boardwalk Empire, Megan in Outcast, and voicing Marla McGivers in the Star Trek: Khan audio series.
Wrest Park
Wrest Park is a country estate at Silsoe in Bedfordshire, England, with a French-style mansion and Grade I registered gardens in the care of English Heritage.
Wrestle Dynasty
Wrestle Dynasty, a cross-promotional pro wrestling PPV by NJPW, AEW, CMLL, Stardom, and ROH; first held January 5, 2025 at the Tokyo Dome after Wrestle Kingdom 19; main event Zack Sabre Jr. def. Ricochet; attendance 16,300.