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Soros Fund Management

Soros Fund Management LLC is a New York-based family office and asset manager founded by George Soros in 1970, managing about $28 billion and serving the Open Society Foundations.

Sorovskoye oil field

Sorovskoye oil field (Соровское месторождение) is an onshore oil field in the Salym district of West Siberia, Russia, discovered by Yukos in 2002 and developed by Rosneft companies.

Sørøya

Sørøya (Sállan) is Norway's fourth-largest island, 812 km², in Hammerfest and Hasvik municipalities, Vest-Finnmark; largest island without mainland road link, known for its puffin colony, WWII partisan history, and sea fishing.

Sorption Detoxification

Sorption detoxification, or hemoperfusion (hemoadsorption), removes toxins by passing blood over charcoal, resin, or polymer adsorbents; used for poisoning, uremic toxins, liver failure, and sepsis, complementing rather than replacing dialysis.

Sorption-enhanced steam reforming

Sorption-enhanced steam reforming (SESR, or SE-SMR) is a process-intensified hydrogen production technology in which a solid sorbent captures CO2 as it forms, shifting equilibrium toward hydrogen purity above 95%.

Sorption-enhanced water-gas shift

Sorption-enhanced water-gas shift (SEWGS) is a pre-combustion carbon capture process developed by TNO that combines the water-gas shift reaction with CO2 adsorption on potassium-promoted hydrotalcite, demonstrated on blast furnace gas in Sweden.

Sorption–desorption measurement

A sorption–desorption measurement, also called adsorption–desorption, quantifies how much gas or vapor a solid takes up and releases, yielding adsorption isotherms and BET surface areas.

Sorptive extraction

Sorptive extraction is a solventless sample preparation technique in analytical chemistry that concentrates organic analytes into a polydimethylsiloxane sorbent, best known as stir bar sorptive extraction.

Sorrel

Sorrel, chiefly common sorrel (Rumex acetosa, garden sorrel), a sour-leaved perennial dock of Polygonaceae native to temperate Eurasia and NW Africa, used in sauces, salads, and herbal medicine; high in oxalic acid; distinct from wood sorrel (Oxalis) and roselle.

Sorrell Booke

Sorrell Booke (1930–1994) was an American character actor who played Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, after a Broadway and film career.

Sorrento

Sorrento (Latin Surrentum), a town of about 16,500 on the Sorrentine Peninsula in the province of Naples, Italy, perched 50 m above the sea; a tourism center, ancient duchy, birthplace of Torquato Tasso, and home of the Limone di Sorrento IGP lemon and limoncello.

Sorrina

Sorrina (Surrina, Surna; Sorrina Nova) was an Etruscan city and later Roman municipium near Viterbo, Italy, on the Riello plateau, attested by eleven inscriptions and abandoned by the late 8th century AD.

Sorry (Beyoncé song)

"Sorry" is a 2016 song by Beyoncé from Lemonade, written with Wynter Gordon and MeLo-X and co-produced by Hit-Boy; known for "Becky with the good hair," its HBO visual, and the 2019 Original Demo.

Sorry (Justin Bieber song)

"Sorry" is a 2015 tropical house-pop single by Justin Bieber from the album Purpose, written with Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Skrillex, and BloodPop; it hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK chart and is distinct from Madonna's and Beyoncé's songs of the same name.

Sorry for Your Loss

Sorry for Your Loss is a 2018–2019 Facebook Watch half-hour drama created by Kit Steinkellner, starring Elizabeth Olsen as widow Leigh Shaw; 20 episodes, Metascore 83, canceled January 2020, now on Tubi.

Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else

Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else is a 2025 pop-rock single by Benson Boone, released February 27, 2025 via Night Street/Warner Records and later the opener of American Heart; it peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #20 in the UK.

Sorry Not Sorry (Demi Lovato song)

"Sorry Not Sorry (Demi Lovato song)" is a 2017 pop single by Demi Lovato, lead single of Tell Me You Love Me, written with Oak Felder and Sean Douglas; it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was re-recorded as a rock version with Slash in 2023.

Sorry Papi

Sorry Papi: 2026 Spanish-language dance-pop single by German producer Topic and Becky G, released April 24, 2026 via Intercord/Universal, reworking the cumbia La Colegiala; distinct from Bad Bunny's 2020 track of the same name.

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word: 1976 Elton John and Bernie Taupin ballad from Blue Moves, produced by Gus Dudgeon; US No. 6 Hot 100, UK No. 11, famously covered by Blue ft. Elton John, a 2002 UK No. 1.

Sorry to Bother You

Sorry to Bother You is a 2018 American satirical comedy film directed by Boots Riley, starring LaKeith Stanfield as an Oakland telemarketer who finds success with a "white voice."

Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You is a 2019 Ken Loach drama, written by Paul Laverty, about a Newcastle family trapped by gig-economy delivery work; it premiered in Competition at Cannes 2019 and won San Sebastián's Audience Award for Best European Film.

Sorry We're Closed

Sorry We're Closed: retro-styled story-driven survival horror by à la mode games (Bournemouth, UK), published by Akupara Games; PC November 14, 2024, consoles March 6, 2025. Michelle's Third Eye switches between London reality and a demon world; Metacritic 83.

Sorry, Baby (2025 film)

Sorry, Baby is a 2025 A24 comedy-drama, the debut feature written, directed by, and starring Eva Victor as Agnes, a New England professor recovering from sexual assault; Sundance Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award winner, 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Sorry, Sorry

"Sorry, Sorry" (쏘리 쏘리) is a 2009 song by South Korean boy group Super Junior, the title track of their third album and a defining second-generation K-pop hit.

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number is a 1948 Paramount film noir directed by Anatole Litvak, written by Lucille Fletcher from her 1943 Suspense radio play, starring Barbara Stanwyck as an invalid who overhears a murder plot, her own, by phone.

Sorry! (game)

Sorry! is a classic 2-4 player race board game, patented 1929 by William Henry Storey, published by Waddingtons and Parker Brothers from 1934, now Hasbro's; card-driven movement, slides, and Sorry cards send pawns back to Start.

Sorsby fundus dystrophy

Sorsby fundus dystrophy (Sorsby macular dystrophy, SFD) is a rare autosomal dominant retinal disease caused by TIMP3 mutations, causing macular atrophy and choroidal neovascularization with central vision loss from the fourth to fifth decade; anti-VEGF therapy helps if given early.

Sorsogon City

Sorsogon City: component city and capital of Sorsogon province, Philippines, created 2000 by merging Bacon and Sorsogon municipalities under RA 8806; 64 barangays, 187,670 residents (2024), gateway to Visayas and Mindanao.

Sort code

A sort code is a six-digit number, written in three pairs such as 12-34-56, that identifies a UK or Irish bank and routes payments through domestic clearing systems.

SORT lipid nanoparticles for gastrointestinal delivery

SORT lipid nanoparticles for gastrointestinal delivery use an added fifth lipid to direct mRNA delivery to the stomach, pancreas, and colon instead of the liver.