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Cruise’s Digger Rockwell rises from bed and tries to feed his bizarrely acting cat before learning of an explosion on his oil rig in Greenland.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

And authorities say thieves in some cases have been able to rig them so the chip-and-tap option is disabled, forcing people to swipe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

“As silly as that is, it’s one of those little things we use every day,” he says of the towel rig.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

They noted that a nearby oil rig, Platform Grace, has already ceased operating due to declining production and is now being decommissioned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Over a hundred glass tables surrounded the rig, arranged in a large oval around it.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, each with some of the country’s most ambitious emissions targets, are considering additional incentives to help truckers switch to electric big rigs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Electric big rigs need to be charged more often than diesel trucks need to be refueled — about once a day compared to once every three or four days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

“We’ve currently got 10 drill rigs at one of our exploration projects in Côte d’Ivoire, but rigs are becoming harder to come by.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Personnel had been evacuated from 121 production platforms and five drilling rigs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Echoes persisted of the 1986 crash, when the area had become a scavenger hunt for repossessed Lear jets, Mercedeses, mobile homes, oil rigs, ranches, and two-bedroom houses with walls so thin they seemed translucent.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Research by the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice found that leading chatbots pushed back against common election conspiracy theories, including claims that voting machines were rigged, even when repeatedly challenged.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, Eric pulls them around on a rug he rigged as a magic carpet and helps stack the blocks into towers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

And an 'altitude room' being rigged up in his bedroom.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

The president’s son was accused by his own former business partner of asking a UFC commentator whether Sunday’s fights were rigged and whether he should place a bet on the opening bout.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

“And here, Miss Melody, is where you will sit. Right next to your teammates. I have rigged a special answer board for you, so it’s adjusted to the height of your wheelchair.”

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

Authorities said it was the most voted name in an online poll done in May, but some online media users accused authorities of rigging the vote.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

It has added rigging and fencing businesses and is pursuing work in live events and sports alongside film and TV.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

To create the sequence, Nolan’s team built a sort of silo on the beach, rigging it with minuscule LED lights to mimic sunlight leaking through chinks in the horse’s hull.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The ship lacks the usual clanging metal rigging of a modern sailboat, so the two-hour, $80 journey was nearly silent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Brother Luke brought small slender pieces of pine and showed Robin how to smooth them into mast and bowsprit, then found scraps of linen for sails and pieces of yarn for rigging.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli