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Simon Wallace became an avid follower of online astrophotographers while he was off work during Covid and now has a fully-automated rig at his home near Stowmarket, Suffolk.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The Tejon Pass isn’t nearly as tall as its grander sister mountain ranges, but no one has to haul a big rig loaded up with peaches over Mt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Los Angeles firefighters are mourning the death of a colleague in a crash in Whittier early Friday morning that involved a big rig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

Windrose Technology seemed poised this year to disrupt the global trucking industry: $400 million raised to build a cutting-edge electric big rig to rival Tesla’s new Semi truck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

“It might work like it’s supposed to and take you where you want to go. But we can’t be sure. The island’s magic is obviously unstable. You must rig up your guidance device to navigate.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Even if a Reuters story from April is correct and 14 rigs in storage could soon return to the field, Venezuela is a long way from the oil boom the administration forecasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Most of the first episode gives us Lucky on the run, getting out of the hotel and out of Vegas, and across the tops of a field of big rigs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Globally, battery-electric vehicles accounted for just over 10% of the 2.4 million heavy-duty rigs made last year, according to S&P Global Mobility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The agency partnered with a company in Texas to use their water cannons — which are typically used on burning oil rigs — to bring them to Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

About the foresters bringing more rigs out to clear more trees, the enormous flatbeds that rolled across the field empty and returned with logs piled higher than the barn’s roof.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Within eyeshot of the glass-covered "Ku-An", which he has rigged up in the remote town of Hitachi-ota, is "Lu-An", which opened last year.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 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

He rigged a block and tackle to supplement a dead tree limb that they were using as a lever.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

With its tar-soaked rigging, creaking oak deck and 50 spruce oars, Draken Harald Harfagre is the largest modern replica of a Viking ship.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Prediction markets have spurred repeated allegations of skulduggery in recent months, ranging from insider trading by politicians to suspected rigging of bets on the Ukraine war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Criminal antitrust cases are typically reserved for allegations of price fixing, market collusion or competitors rigging their bids to customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

These workers control everything from individually steaming each stage curtain to rigging massive pieces of audio equipment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

Joseph remembered how the backstage of the Royal Theatre, with its miles of ropes and rigging, made him think of a ship.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick