riveter

Example Sentences

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She learned long ago, holding a riveter in her hand, that limits don’t always apply and anyone can forge a path forward.

From Los Angeles Times

But like the riveters who persisted, she won’t give up on honoring their stories.

From Washington Post

His father was a commercial artist, and his mother worked as a riveter during World War II to support the military effort.

From Washington Post

As a young adult, he attended art classes at night and took whatever blue-collar work came his way, including dishwasher, warehouse stocker and aircraft riveter.

From New York Times

At 97, Susan King still recalls how she came from her family’s home in Virginia’s Lancaster County to work as a riveter, making parts for aircraft at a factory in Baltimore during World War II.

From Washington Post