riveted
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Wittman, the former FBI agent, says he expects art-world insiders to remain riveted to this case as it winds through the courts because both Matthiesen and Landau appear to have reasonable claims to the Courbet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
"These bits here are the most impacted by rust," Petr told me, pointing at a nest of riveted joints and beams.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has riveted the public with its futuristic architecture.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025
After all, in junior high and high school, I was riveted by this country’s Civil War.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2025
The beggar’s gaze riveted to the food, his face crumpled as though he were about to weep and he hurried into the alley without answering.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
