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Cruise’s Digger Rockwell rises from bed and tries to feed his bizarrely acting cat before learning of an explosion on his oil rig in Greenland.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

And authorities say thieves in some cases have been able to rig them so the chip-and-tap option is disabled, forcing people to swipe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

Los Angeles firefighters are mourning the death of a colleague in a crash in Whittier early Friday morning that involved a big rig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

“It might work like it’s supposed to and take you where you want to go. But we can’t be sure. The island’s magic is obviously unstable. You must rig up your guidance device to navigate.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Long gone are the days when fortune seekers plopped drilling rigs behind the State Capitol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

It plans to more than double its drilling rigs there as well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The company led by Alejandro Betancourt plans to dispatch more than 50 drilling rigs to turbocharge the country’s anemic crude production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In any case, the total is a far cry from the 220 rigs that were active in 2014, when the country was pumping about 2.5 million barrels of oil a day, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Oil promised money through work on drilling rigs and frac crews and acidizing units, and it meant people were willing to live here whatever the deprivation.

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

The film recounts French high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s astonishing 1974 stunt, in which he and a small band of co-conspirators secretly rigged a cable between the towers, allowing Petit to walk high above lower Manhattan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Within eyeshot of the glass-covered "Ku-An", which he has rigged up in the remote town of Hitachi-ota, is "Lu-An", which opened last year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 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

To the west, you could see all the way to the ocean, where an old-looking ship rigged with giant, complicated sails glided down the coast.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

At the event at the Ironworkers Training Center in La Palma organized by labor leaders to oppose the wealth tax, apprentices attended workshops about rigging and collective bargaining rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

With its tar-soaked rigging, creaking oak deck and 50 spruce oars, Draken Harald Harfagre is the largest modern replica of a Viking ship.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 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

She watched him for a moment, painting the rigging black, his brush moving quick and sure on the ropes while the shadows shifted along his arms.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee