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"On the fuselage, everything is done manually, so every hole, every rivet you see on the fuselage is being done manually," Operations Director Victor Ocadiz told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

In a letter addressed to leaders of the Senate, Homendy said the door plug which failed had been opened so rivet repair work could be done in September last year.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024

Deal told employees of another quality lapse found on about 50 fuselages built by Spirit: Two rivet holes on a window frame “may not have been drilled exactly to our requirements,” Deal wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

The blues are her rivet, Johnson said, as her eyes changed color, dark blue and fierce.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023

They climbed into the dish and placed duct tape over every seam and rivet.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

An island paradise has become a logistics hub for shipping microchips, optical instruments and aerospace rivets and bolts to Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Small amounts of iron from parts such as rivets and other fasteners mix into the recycled metal.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

The pieces are instantly recognizable as hers: hand-laced rivets holding together a bustier in the shape of a broken heart, the way one of her spiked choker handbags seems to defy gravity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024

The US government's review of the January blowout found that bolts meant to fasten the panel were removed at Boeing's factory in Washington, apparently to fix damaged rivets, and were never re-installed.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024

The door looked like one of those old-fashioned submarine hatches—oval, with metal rivets around the edges and a wheel for a doorknob.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

The year began with a news story that riveted the country, at least as much as any story can in our attention-fragmented era.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Elle knows this because she studies fashion magazines with the same riveted attention she devotes to preparing for the LSATs, so she can score the 179 she needs to qualify for admission consideration.

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

And the eyes of the world remain riveted to the case - while global sympathies remain with Guthrie's family.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

As a gay man, he was also riveted by the emotional bond between the lead characters on “Heated Rivalry.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

She raised her arm in a salute, and every teary eye was riveted to the red band she wore.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

It was a riveting piece of television, framed by the Oct.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

But I will admit that Russel Crowe, Jacob Tremblay, and Shailene Woodley all deliver riveting performances.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Lyalin, for his part, faded into obscurity—a footnote now waiting, perhaps, for a riveting movie to be made about him three decades after his death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The World Cup was a riveting first chapter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

The younger of the pair, a teen whose lambskin hat shielded eyes as dark and riveting as jet, was clearly the more talented swordsman.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros