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Watch sailboats glide by at sunset while sipping on a cocktail, or gather around the fire pit in the winter with a bowl of short rib rigatoni.—Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026 Add the rigatoni and cook according to package directions, then drain.—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026 Its $55 four-course dinner features braised short rib with polenta and spicy a la vodka rigatoni as entrees and a passionfruit beignet and Nutella cake as desserts.—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026 This method also had the practical downside of rendering my colander unusable for straining the rigatoni for my Wednesday-night pasta alla vodka.—Alma Avalle, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rigatoni
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Etymology
Italian, plural, from rigato furrowed, fluted, from past participle of rigare to furrow, flute, from riga line, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rīga line — more at row