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rivet

[riv-it] / ˈrɪv ɪt /






























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In a letter addressed to leaders of the Senate, Homendy said the door plug which failed had been opened so rivet repair work could be done in September last year.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024

The Boeing employees “were discussing interior restoration after the rivet rework was completed during second shift operations that day,” the report said.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

She cannot recall all the details from the work, but she remembers climbing into the hollow end of a wing and helping rivet it from the inside, her body wedged between the layers of metal.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

"We will be removing some 1,200 of these one by one," says site manager Mika Hakkarainen, holding up a rivet.

From Reuters • Jul. 3, 2023

After it was all the way out, the workmen rushed to rivet the plates back into place and close up the hole in The Dessoug.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman




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