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Raphael Rowe
Raphael Rowe is a British journalist who spent about ten years in prison as one of the wrongly convicted M25 Three before joining the BBC and hosting Netflix's Inside the World's Toughest Prisons.
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia since 2021 and senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005; Georgia's first Black senator, reelected in the December 2022 runoff over Herschel Walker.
Raphe mPhibr
Raphe mPhibr is an Indian military drone manufacturer based in Noida, founded by siblings Vikash and Vivek Mishra in 2017; it raised $100 million in June 2025.
Raphia Decree
The Raphia Decree, also called the Decree of Raphia, is a trilingual Egyptian priestly decree of 217 BC honoring Ptolemy IV after the Battle of Raphia.
Rapid automatized naming
Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is a timed psychometric task in which a person names arrays of familiar symbols, like letters or colors, as fast as possible.
RAPID Manufacturing; Paperless Parts
RAPID Manufacturing is a quick-turn prototype sheet metal and CNC machining company Jay Jacobs founded in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 2001, sold to Proto Labs for $120 million in 2017.
Rapid Micro Biosystems
Rapid Micro Biosystems is a Lowell, Massachusetts life sciences company whose Growth Direct system automates microbial quality control testing for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing.
Rapid reaction force
Rapid reaction force: a military formation at high readiness for short-notice deployment. Covers NATO's AMF (1960), NRF (2002–2024, ~40,000 troops), Allied Reaction Force (2024, 10-day deployment), plus the African Standby Force and EU battlegroups.
Rapid Support Forces (قوات الدعم السريع)
The Rapid Support Forces is a Sudanese paramilitary group, formed from Janjaweed militias in 2013 and led by Hemedti, that has fought the Sudanese Armed Forces since 2023.
Rapid visual information processing (task)
The rapid visual information processing (RVIP) task is a computerized test that streams digits at 100 per minute and asks participants to respond to three-digit sequences, measuring sustained attention.
RapidAPI
RapidAPI, later renamed Rapid, is an API platform company founded in Israel in 2015 by Iddo Gino and Mickey Haslavsky, acquired by Nokia in 2024.
Rapier (missile)
Rapier, also known as Rapier FSC, is a British short-range surface-to-air missile system developed by BAC to defend troops and airfields, entering service in the 1960s.
Rappi
Rappi is a Colombian on-demand delivery and digital commerce company founded in Bogotá in 2015, operating a multi-service super-app across nine Latin American countries at a valuation above $5 billion.
Rappin' for Jesus
Rappin' for Jesus is a viral 2013 YouTube music video of two Iowa pastors rapping about their faith, which drew nearly 100 million views.
Rapport
Rapport: a quality interaction experience defined by mutual attentiveness, positivity, and coordination (Tickle-Degnen & Rosenthal, 1990). Central to professional interviews, therapy, and healthcare; 126 measures reviewed in 2024 show no agreed definition or validated common scale.
Rapport Therapeutics
Rapport Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Boston and San Diego that develops small-molecule precision medicines for neurological and psychiatric disease, targeting receptor-associated proteins.
Rapture
The rapture, or harpazo, is a Christian belief that living and dead believers will be caught up to meet Jesus Christ in the air at his Second Coming.
RaptureTok
RaptureTok was a 2025 TikTok trend and community around evangelical Rapture predictions, especially Joshua Mhlakela's claim that the Rapture would fall on September 23–24, 2025; it mixed sincere end-times preparation with mass satire, drew millions of views, and passed without event.
Rapunzel
Rapunzel (AT 310, The Maiden in the Tower): European fairy tale first printed in Basile's Pentamerone (1634-36) as Petrosinella, published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 and 1857; tower, hair, blinding prince, healing tears; basis of Disney's Tangled.
Rapyd
Rapyd (ראפיד) is a fintech company founded in Israel in 2015 that lets businesses accept payments, send payouts, and issue cards in over 100 countries.
Raquel Buenrostro Sánchez
Raquel Buenrostro Sánchez is a Mexican civil servant, Secretary of Anticorruption and Good Governance since 2024, who previously served as Secretary of Economy from 2022 to 2024.
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 party who has been a Member of the European Parliament since July 2024, chairing the Delegation for relations with Afghanistan.
Raquel Lyra
Raquel Teixeira Lyra Lucena, born in 1978, is a Brazilian politician of the PSD and governor of Pernambuco since 2023, after serving as Mayor of Caruaru from 2017 to 2022.
Raquel Peña (Dominican politician)
Raquel Peña is a Dominican politician of the Modern Revolutionary Party who has served as Vice President of the Dominican Republic since 2020, elected with President Luis Abinader and reelected in 2024.
Raquel Urtasun
Raquel Urtasun is a Spanish-Canadian AI researcher and entrepreneur who founded and leads Waabi, a Toronto autonomous-driving company, and previously served as chief scientist of Uber's Advanced Technologies Group.
Rarámuri
Rarámuri (Ralámuli, Tarahumara): indigenous people of the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico, about 120,000 strong, known for long-distance running, Jesuit-era cargo government, and recent land restitutions.
Rarámuri oral literature
Rarámuri oral literature is the spoken narrative, song, and ritual speech of the Rarámuri (Ralámuli) people of the Sierra Tarahumara in Chihuahua, Mexico, transmitted in the Rarámuri language.
Rare and endangered plant areas
Rare and endangered plant areas: dedicated ex situ sections in botanic gardens, such as China's National Botanical Garden 1.5 ha area with 70+ species, growing and documenting threatened plants for conservation, research, and reintroduction.
Rarefied Atmosphere, Inc.
Rarefied Atmosphere, Inc. is an Austin, Texas company that operates Atmosphere TV, an ad-supported streaming television platform for business venues such as bars, restaurants, gyms, and hotels.
Rarestep, Inc.
Rarestep, Inc., doing business as Fleetio, is a Birmingham, Alabama fleet-management software company founded in 2011 by Anthony Summerville, whose Form D filings disclose $457 million across 2019 and 2025 offerings.