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Such a Long Journey

Such a Long Journey: 1998 drama film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala from Rohinton Mistry's Booker-shortlisted 1991 novel; Roshan Seth stars as Bombay bank clerk Gustad Noble in 1971, winning a Genie Award.

Such Brave Girls

Such Brave Girls is a British dark comedy sitcom created by Kat Sadler for BBC Three (2023), starring Sadler, her sister Lizzie Davidson, and Louise Brealey; it won the 2024 BAFTA for Best Scripted Comedy.

Such Is Life

Such Is Life is an Australian novel by Joseph Furphy, written under the pseudonym Tom Collins and published in 1903, widely regarded as a classic of Australian literature.

Sucha Soorma (ਸੂਚਾ ਸੂਰਮਾ)

Sucha Soorma (ਸੂਚਾ ਸੂਰਮਾ), also called Sucha Soorma 2024 film, is a Punjabi period drama directed by Amitoj Mann starring Babbu Maan as folk legend Sucha Singh; released 20 September 2024, grossing about ₹3.85 crore and streaming on KableOne.

Sucharit Bhakdi

Sucharit Bhakdi (born 1946, Washington D.C.), Thai-German microbiologist, former head of the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene at Mainz University (retired 2012), noted for pore-forming toxin research, later a prominent spreader of debunked COVID-19 misinformation, acquitted of incitement in 2023.

Sucharu Devi

Sucharu Devi (সুচারু দেবী), born 1874, was Maharani of Mayurbhanj as the second wife of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo and a daughter of the Brahmo reformer Keshub Chandra Sen.

Suchata Chuangsri (สุชาตา ช่วงศรี)

Suchata Chuangsri (สุชาตา ช่วงศรี), called Opal, Thai beauty queen from Phuket; Miss Universe Thailand 2024 and 72nd Miss World, crowned May 31, 2025 in Hyderabad as Thailand's first Miss World winner; founder of Opal For Her breast cancer campaign.

Sucheta Dalal

Sucheta Dalal (born 1962), Indian business journalist who broke the 1992 Harshad Mehta securities scam in The Times of India; Padma Shri 2006; co-author of The Scam with Debashis Basu; managing editor of Moneylife.

Suchir Balaji

Suchir Balaji (1998–2024) was an American AI researcher who contributed to WebGPT and GPT-4 at OpenAI, then became a whistleblower on copyright, arguing generative AI training was not fair use.

Suchitan

Suchitan (Suchitán) is a dormant twin-peaked andesitic stratovolcano, 2,042 m, in southeastern Guatemala northeast of Jutiapa, GVP 342160, with no confirmed historical eruptions; the 1469 report belongs to Atitlán.

Suchitra

Suchitra (Suchitra Ramadurai), aka RJ Suchi or Mirchi Suchi, is an Indian Tamil radio jockey and playback singer of over 100 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, known for Radio Mirchi's Hello Chennai, the 2017 SuchiLeaks hacking episode, and her 2020 comeback.

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (सुचित्रा कृष्णमूर्ति)

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi (सुचित्रा कृष्णमूर्ति), born 1975 in Mumbai, is an Indian actress, singer, writer, and painter, best known as Anna in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994), for 1990s Indipop albums like Dole Dole, her memoir Drama Queen, and her stage and Audible musical adaptations.

Suchitra Krishnamoorthy

Suchitra Krishnamoorthy, also spelled Suchitra Krishnamurthy, is an Indian singer and actress who released 1990s Indipop albums and starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994).

Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin

Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin is an American pharmacologist and tobacco-addiction researcher who is the Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and an authority on youth tobacco use.

Suchitra Nelson

Suchitra Nelson is an American epidemiologist, Professor and Associate Dean at Case Western Reserve University's School of Dental Medicine, and a 2007 PECASE award recipient.

Suchitra Pillai

Suchitra Pillai, Indian actress, VJ, model, and singer born 1970 in Ernakulam, Kerala; known for Dil Chahta Hai, Page 3, Fashion, 24: India, and OTT shows like Broken News 2.

Suchitra Sen (সুচিত্রা সেন)

Suchitra Sen (সুচিত্রা সেন), born Roma Dasgupta (1931-2014), Indian Bengali and Hindi film actress, the mahanayika paired with Uttam Kumar; first Indian actress to win an international festival award (Moscow 1963), Padma Shri 1972, refused the 2005 Dadasaheb Phalke Award, reclusive after 1978.

Sucidava (Romania)

Sucidava (Celei, Corabia, Romania): Dacian capital of the Suci and Roman-Byzantine fortress on the north Danube bank, northern end of Constantine the Great's 328 AD bridge to Oescus, with its secret fountain and 4th-century basilica.

Sucintita

Sucintita (सुचिन्तित) is the name of several elder monks in the Apadāna, a Pali collection of verse autobiographies; one bearer recalls a past life as a hunter who offered meat to the Buddha Atthadassī.

Suck It and See

Suck It and See, Arctic Monkeys' fourth studio album, released 6 June 2011 on Domino, produced by James Ford, recorded live at Sound City LA, UK number 1, Metascore 74.

Sucker (song)

"Sucker" is a 2019 Jonas Brothers comeback single, produced by Ryan Tedder and Frank Dukes, that debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, topped 2019 US radio play, and won Best Pop Video at the MTV VMAs.

Sucker for Pain

Sucker for Pain, also credited to Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dolla $ign and X Ambassadors, is a 2016 Alex da Kid-produced Suicide Squad soundtrack single that peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Sucker punch

Sucker punch: an unannounced punch at an unprepared target, from 1917 boxing slang; synonyms king hit and coward punch; medically the fatal injury is usually the secondary head impact with the ground, not the punch itself.

Sucker Punch (2011 film)

Sucker Punch (2011) is Zack Snyder's first original-story film, an action fantasy starring Emily Browning as Babydoll, institutionalized and escaping through fantasy worlds. Grossed $89.8M on an $82M budget; 23% on Rotten Tomatoes; unreleased director's cut pending licensing.

Sucker Punch Productions

Sucker Punch Productions, founded 1997 in Bellevue, Washington by ex-Microsoft staff, is a PlayStation Studios developer behind Sly Cooper, Infamous, Ghost of Tsushima, and Ghost of Yōtei (2025).

Sucker rod pump

A sucker rod pump, also called a beam pump, is an artificial-lift system that drives a downhole pump through a rod string, lifting oil from over 600,000 wells.

Suckling pig

Suckling pig (lechon, cochon de lait): a milk-fed piglet slaughtered before weaning and roasted whole. Defined by milk-only diet; EU law sets 28-day minimum weaning age; Segovia, Spain is famed for the dish since Roman times.

Sucralfate

Sucralfate is a locally acting aluminum sucrose octasulfate antiulcer drug that forms an ulcer-adherent barrier against acid, pepsin, and bile salts; used for duodenal ulcer treatment and maintenance, with renal and drug-interaction cautions.

Sucralose

Sucralose (E 955, Splenda) is a chlorinated sucrose-derived artificial sweetener about 600 times sweeter than sugar; FDA-approved 1998-1999, EU ADI 15 mg/kg bw/day, heat stable.

Sucre

Sucre, Bolivia's constitutional capital and capital of Chuquisaca department, founded 1538 as La Plata, renamed 1839 for Antonio José de Sucre; UNESCO World Heritage historic city since 1991.