rig up
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Every year, industrial specialists rig up a rope system that allows brave spring cleaners to access the aircraft from the ceiling.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025
A: It is often possible to remove a bed mechanism and still have a sofa, provided you rig up a way to support the sofa seat.
From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2022
Anderson, her assistant told me, insists on setting this whole rig up herself, every single time, whether she is alone in the studio or about to play Carnegie Hall.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2021
Every day, aid groups hand out meals and the local authorities rig up water taps for the hundreds of migrants who gather at the site.
From Reuters • Sep. 10, 2021
We tried all kinds of ways to rig up the Windsurfer sail.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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