rivet
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"On the fuselage, everything is done manually, so every hole, every rivet you see on the fuselage is being done manually," Operations Director Victor Ocadiz told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Saturn Risin9 wearing the Acne Studios rivet wine box bag at Pirate Studios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
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
But just then a rivet came whistling through the air.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
An island paradise has become a logistics hub for shipping microchips, optical instruments and aerospace rivets and bolts to Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Small amounts of iron from parts such as rivets and other fasteners mix into the recycled metal.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
The same goes for the many rivets on the aircraft which are most likely made of aluminium.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024
Unique details like an ornate leather saddle patch and turquoise buttons and rivets add that signature LV touch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
The door looked like one of those old-fashioned submarine hatches—oval, with metal rivets around the edges and a wheel for a doorknob.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
The year began with a news story that riveted the country, at least as much as any story can in our attention-fragmented era.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Thursday’s break was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that is part of the system of major arteries that deliver water from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution mainlines across Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Elle knows this because she studies fashion magazines with the same riveted attention she devotes to preparing for the LSATs, so she can score the 179 she needs to qualify for admission consideration.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
And the eyes of the world remain riveted to the case - while global sympathies remain with Guthrie's family.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
It was rust-red, and crudely riveted together: great sheets and plates of dented discolored metal that scraped and screeched as they rode over one another.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
But I will admit that Russel Crowe, Jacob Tremblay, and Shailene Woodley all deliver riveting performances.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
It’s really hard to presume anything, one of the reasons that makes it a riveting watch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
There’s nothing more riveting on stage than the truth, and here we have human beings in all their flagrant, unadorned and seemingly irreconcilable complications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Yes, the most riveting thing about director Thomas Kail’s live-action “Moana” is watching painted cloth dry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Marti had brought a duplicate copy of the asphalt rock and offered riveting details of her capture.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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