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rivet

noun as in bolt

noun as in fastener

Strongest matches

Weak match

verb as in affix

verb as in attach

verb as in bury

verb as in fix

Strongest match

verb as in grip

verb as in rubberneck

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Indian audiences found the show, based on the complex domestic relationship between Irani's character Tulsi and her mother-in-law, riveting.

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Both are highly recommended, though Ms. Bronstein’s film, starring a riveting Rose Byrne, is downright harrowing in its depiction of a mom beset by a string of personal and professional catastrophes.

As a legendary act of national healing, the broadcast riveted a shocked nation.

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Let’s replace Broadway with a bunch of rinks—and ask Stanley Cup hockey teams to send us all into the riveted rapture.

These lean, muscular renditions allow Hansard and Irglová to completely lock in with each other for a riveting dance.

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