rigged
Example Sentences
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Knight said that, while there was a contract clause that allowed this, it was unfairly rigged as price drops were not passed on to customers.
From BBC
The film suggests that the inhuman logic of nuclear deterrence, mapped out decades ago in a Cold War context, is a losing game so long as we all inhabit a house with walls rigged to blow.
From Slate
I rigged a snow shelter and made a lean-to with a tarp and dug snow caves for the dogs and we holed up to wait until the worst of the cold had passed.
From Literature
On the night before her fifth birthday in March 1951, Liza Minnelli, rigged out in a Hopalong Cassidy cowboy suit and matching boots, watched “The Milton Berle Show” with her parents, the movie star Judy Garland and the director Vincente Minnelli.
Researchers took out a car at night, rigged with equipment to measure light intensity and an observer in the vehicle could press a button if they felt glare might interfere with their driving.
From BBC
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