riveted

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Wittman, the former FBI agent, says he expects art-world insiders to remain riveted to this case as it winds through the courts because both Matthiesen and Landau appear to have reasonable claims to the Courbet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

"These bits here are the most impacted by rust," Petr told me, pointing at a nest of riveted joints and beams.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has riveted the public with its futuristic architecture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025

Only Al Ulbrickson remained motionless and silent, still riveted to his seat, his eyes cold gray stones locked on the white blades out in the river.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown