Ru
ruthenium.
Ru
AmericanSymbol, Chemistry.
RU
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British
abbreviation
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Rugby Union
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Burundi (international car registration)
Ru
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British
symbol
ru
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British
abbreviation
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The most egregious case is Sturgis’ Ru, who transforms over the course of the play from a jittery wreck into a vengeful, plaintive monster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Northern Ireland drag queen Elle Vosque has taken second place in the series seven final of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
Then James Lee Williams, who won the first season of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK performing as The Vivienne, also died in similar circumstances.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
James Lee Williams, who won the first series of Ru Paul's Drag Race UK performing as their alter-ego in 2019, died in the bath at their home near Chester on 5 January this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
Ru Stoppelmon is a short, goofy boy from Almelo who transferred to this school in the middle of the year.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Some investors are active in online discussion groups like the RU GDR/ADR Community on the Discord platform as they try to navigate the situation.
From Reuters ● Oct. 13, 2022
GILRTUY> RU GILTY: Opening question in trials of the future, when the overburdened justice system tries all misdemeanors with plea bargains by text: RU GILTY?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2020
And, then, there’s Douglass at NJ’s own RU; query why that does not make every feminist’s blood boil?
From New York Times ● May 4, 2018
My husband was a truck driver; he played RU for 25 years.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2015
Women using RU 486 miscarry at home, and not on a schedule.
From Time ● Feb. 19, 2015
Notice that ru = ⟨ 0, 0, 0 ⟩ and rv = ⟨ 0, −sin v, 0 ⟩ , and the corresponding cross product is zero.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
Therefore, ru × rv is not zero for any choice of u and v in the parameter domain, and the parameterization is smooth.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
He can also bend classic European spring flavors in his direction, tossing asparagus, morels and peas with ricotta gnocchi that receive a whiff of Gorgonzola from doufu ru, fermented tofu.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2015
Guillen, left off postseason roster because of neck injury, has been noticeably absent during this ru n.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2010
This word is apparently not connected with our root, though it means to root out, but ultimately belongs to a root ru which appears in Lat. rutrum, a spade, rutabulum, a rake, etc.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
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