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  • present participle of rig.
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rigging

[rig-ing] / ˈrɪg ɪŋ /
NOUN
gear
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"It's rigging the game to win rather than playing by the rules," said Koneschusky, the former Senate aide.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

The ship lacks the usual clanging metal rigging of a modern sailboat, so the two-hour, $80 journey was nearly silent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Other high-profile figures who had previously been indicted on separate cases of stock rigging include Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong, Kakao founder Kim Beom-su, and former first lady Kim Keon-hee.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

The cobwebs still clung to the rigging of the model boats.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Instead, firefighters responded to the scene with ropes and riggings and rappelled down to the man’s location.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

After boarding their ships, the players unfurled sails, turned rudders, and climbed riggings to move between a series of tropical islands, climbing ashore to explore the new locations.

From The Verge ● Jun. 13, 2016

Back home, he fed his semi-abstracting campaign with motifs from summer sojourns in Gloucester, Massachusetts: signs, boat riggings, gas pumps.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2016

Robert Brill’s clean, sturdy sets included towering masts, spidery riggings and, in one scene, a brilliantly realized whale-rendering works.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2010

He got down on one knee with much effort, grunting and puffing, the seams of his pants creaking like ship riggings.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner


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