Example Sentences

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Critics say Obiang has rigged elections and done little to drag the country out of poverty despite great personal wealth.

From Reuters • Nov. 29, 2022

He says he has rigged up a disembodied elf’s hand, operated by a foot pump, that can hand him things from just beyond the edge of the screen.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2020

She has rigged the dining-room maple table into a hacked Ping-Pong surface for our nightly tournament because even movie rentals for $4.99 seem irresponsible.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2020

And what of the human being who has rigged his fishing tackle, caught a string of fish from the waters of Clear Lake, and taken them home to fry for supper?

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

So Tjaden has rigged up the lid of a boot-polish tin with a piece of wire over the lighted stump of a candle.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque