rivet

Example Sentences

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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

Deal told employees of another quality lapse found on about 50 fuselages built by Spirit: Two rivet holes on a window frame “may not have been drilled exactly to our requirements,” Deal wrote.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024

"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

These include Mbedu, the South African-born star of last year’s limited series “The Underground Railroad,” and the Ugandan British actor Sheila Atim, who, as one of Nanisca’s deputies, can rivet the camera without a word.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2022

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