rig up
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Every year, industrial specialists rig up a rope system that allows brave spring cleaners to access the aircraft from the ceiling.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
She eventually wrote to a YouTube prankster who targets scammers, asking him to rig up a bait car that could scare off thieves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Typical vacuum crevice tools aren’t long or skinny enough, so rig up a narrower, more flexible attachment.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2022
Every day, aid groups hand out meals and the local authorities rig up water taps for the hundreds of migrants who gather at the site.
From Reuters ● Sep. 10, 2021
The younger boys had to rig up the saw-horses with boards for the women to use as tables.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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