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
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
Every rivet was examined, every link tested, and the plates were burnished with the finest sand Just as much attention was paid to his claws.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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Small amounts of iron from parts such as rivets and other fasteners mix into the recycled metal.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
The pieces are instantly recognizable as hers: hand-laced rivets holding together a bustier in the shape of a broken heart, the way one of her spiked choker handbags seems to defy gravity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
Some of these rivets have been tested to see if they contain any impurities.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024
The Seattle Times, citing a person familiar with the details, reported last month that personnel opened the panel so that a team of Spirit mechanics in Renton could repair rivets on the door frame.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Severo del Valle and his oldest sons bore Rosa’s white coffin with the silver rivets, and they themselves laid it down in the open niche in the family tomb.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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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
“I find myself staring across the studio, for forty-three years now: her focus, always, in the moment, riveted upon her students.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Wittman, the former FBI agent, says he expects art-world insiders to remain riveted to this case as it winds through the courts because both Matthiesen and Landau appear to have reasonable claims to the Courbet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
Armstrong's attention was riveted on a mark on the right side of the neck.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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These accounts collide with the present era’s eerie uncertainty at every turn, making for an altogether riveting, cyclical listening experience that tells her life’s story without smoothing its contradictions.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The campaign was riveting and Hampden was rocking like rarely before.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Not quite as riveting or suspenseful as the version in the book but, hey, she did OK in the end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The most riveting parts of “Mobilize” are those that bring Mr. Sankar’s heretics to life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The children had always found the antics of small, edible creatures positively riveting and could scarcely take their eyes off them—clearly an advantage when bird.watching—but whether they could refrain from pouncing remained to be seen.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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