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[rig] / rɪg /






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Simon Wallace became an avid follower of online astrophotographers while he was off work during Covid and now has a fully-automated rig at his home near Stowmarket, Suffolk.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The Tejon Pass isn’t nearly as tall as its grander sister mountain ranges, but no one has to haul a big rig loaded up with peaches over Mt.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Windrose Technology, an electric big rig startup, faces disarray, unpaid debts and a federal lawsuit, with a $285,000 truck missing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Oil producers are increasing their rig counts, which means they will produce a greater volume of oil, which will need to travel through pipelines.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

“Ya got a nice spread. Figger I can park my rig here? The parkin’ lot at Joey’s place don’t have much room.”

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

Even if a Reuters story from April is correct and 14 rigs in storage could soon return to the field, Venezuela is a long way from the oil boom the administration forecasts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Drilling rigs are a measure of investor confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

This year’s negative prices were too much for some producers, who turned drilling rigs away from their gassier prospects.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Most of the first episode gives us Lucky on the run, getting out of the hotel and out of Vegas, and across the tops of a field of big rigs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

It seemed like a steal at $2.5 million, but with the glut of rigs on the domestic market there weren’t any takers.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

“But sometimes people don’t mind playing a game that’s rigged only because they just want the action.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

And an 'altitude room' being rigged up in his bedroom.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

The president’s son was accused by his own former business partner of asking a UFC commentator whether Sunday’s fights were rigged and whether he should place a bet on the opening bout.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

Mangione has been hailed in some quarters of the internet as a latter-day Robin Hood, fighting against a rigged system on behalf of working people.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

I get it all rigged with an hour or so to spare, so I figure to cook supper for me and Dad while I’m waiting for the tide.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

Except for when passengers, after taking turns at rigging, filed below deck to explore the ship’s white-oak skeleton, which flexed and creaked in the current—the ancient sounds of a seafaring world that’s all but lost.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Meta, meanwhile, is still going strong but has experienced its own earthquakes: from privacy scandals and election rigging accusations to teen mental health crises and toxic online harms.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Angry Iranians have taken to the streets with increasing frequency over the past decade, mobilizing over allegations of election rigging in 2009, women’s rights in 2022, and, late last year, the worsening economic crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Franglen's creations included a long-necked lute, similar to a Turkish saz, with strings that represent the rigging of the Wind Traders' ship.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

Still, allegations of match rigging do occasionally find their way into the Japanese media.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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