- present participle of rig.
rigging
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"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
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
These workers control everything from individually steaming each stage curtain to rigging massive pieces of audio equipment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
The raft was already fitted with a mast, so Leo and Calypso hauled their sail aboard and started on the rigging.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Instead, firefighters responded to the scene with ropes and riggings and rappelled down to the man’s location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
And parts of the fly system, made up of wire rope lines and riggings, had rusted.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
After boarding their ships, the players unfurled sails, turned rudders, and climbed riggings to move between a series of tropical islands, climbing ashore to explore the new locations.
From The Verge ● Jun. 13, 2016
The pulleys and riggings of the mine at night, after the first snow.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2015
There were majestic sailing ships with detailed riggings and portholes, squat tugboats, a pirate ship steered by a mean-looking crew.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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