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riveter

[ri-vi-ter] / ˈrɪ vɪ tər /


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She learned long ago, holding a riveter in her hand, that limits don’t always apply and anyone can forge a path forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

John Hume was born in Derry on Jan. 18, 1937, the eldest of seven children of Sam Hume, a shipyard riveter who lived for many years on state welfare, and Annie Doherty Hume.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2020

He worked as a riveter for Boeing to help pay his way through UW School of Law, where he graduated in 1958.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2018

Before the war, after completing eighth grade, he’d worked as a helper for steel-construction riveter and then for the Civilian Conservation Corps.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2017

She was a welder, schoolteacher, riveter, farm worker, toxicologist’s assistant, and stenographer, all throughout the early and mid-1940s.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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