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But I didn’t know that when our rig sounded three long horn blasts as pieces of the roof came down—a signal to evacuate and move to defensive firefighting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

At one early event, they had to rig a hose to a bar faucet to fill the ice baths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

But over the past few months, I’d come to see my rig for what it was: an elaborate contraption for deceiving my senses, to allow me to live in a world that didn’t exist.

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

Isaias has disrupted oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, as platforms and rigs were evacuated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Drivers of electric-powered rigs say they can’t compete with diesel-powered rivals even as fuel prices surge to record highs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Truckers are struggling to make the economics of battery-electric rigs work, even with diesel prices soaring to record highs, the WSJ Logistics Report’s Paul Berger writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Fresno-based Jagroop Singh Deol operates two gas-guzzling rigs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

There was silver and copper and uranium and barite, which Dad said oil-drilling rigs used.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

While working as a guide with Arctic Wildlife Tours, Rikardsen rigged an underwater camera with a motion sensor beneath a seal's breathing hole, and then waited.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

To their credit, after the debacle, members of the U.S. team didn’t complain about anything being rigged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

The giant screen, which had been rigged to scaffolding, required approval from the state of New Jersey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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

They realize the game is rigged to favor a "slow but steady" strategy against a "risk-all" strategy, but they still play "risk-all."

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Only one former trader in the world now remains convicted: former Barclays trader Peter Johnson, who was also one of the original whistleblowers in the interest rate rigging scandal.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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

"It's rigging the game to win rather than playing by the rules," said Koneschusky, the former Senate aide.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 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

They brought wet sleeping bags and clothes up on deck and hung them from the masts, halyards, and rigging.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong