rigged

Definition of riggednext
past tense of rig

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rigged And there shouldn’t be such an obvious and geographically rigged hierarchy. Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 Trump has long suggested, without evidence, that elections were rigged. Catherine Bouvet, ABC News, 24 July 2026 Outside this room, Raffensperger has a whole new reputation as a villain, hated by people in Georgia—and all over the country—who think the 2020 election was stolen and that elections are routinely rigged. Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 This has been by design and to a certain extent, is rigged to give the best possible opportunity of this outcome. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 July 2026 When hand recounts are conducted, election deniers latch onto hand-count methodology and observers to allege the process was also rigged. The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 7 July 2026 This whole idea behind the SAVE Act is trying to push a mythology that our elections aren’t secure, are rigged. NBC news, 28 June 2026 Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information. Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026 It’s been rigged with state-of-the-art technologies to streamline daily operations, boost productivity efficiency, and overall workflow, ultimately enabling Burlington to get merchandise to its stores faster. David Moin, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigged
Verb
  • Meanwhile, teams in Spain will launch six balloons equipped with 360-degree cameras and ozone-monitoring instruments.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Just across the sea lie North Korea, China and Russia, which all have powerful spying capacities that Japan isn’t fully equipped to fend off.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • His speed has been evident on the practice field, and his 6-foot-4, 198-pound frame has furnished a catching radius that all Carolina quarterbacks in camp have benefited from — from Bryce Young, to Kenny Pickett, to Haynes King.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026
  • The six-bedroom home, which is being offered furnished, comes with an infinity pool and a private path to the water.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Their objective is re-supplied by a prompt or harness on every run rather than held internally and defended, it is scoped to a single evaluation rather than pursued without end, and it gets dropped the moment a human redirects the system.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Held here in God’s presence, we each are seen as whole, supplied, loved, purely good, and entirely spiritual.
    Mark Swinney, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

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“Rigged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigged. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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