rigged (up)

Definition of rigged (up)next
past tense of rig (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigged (up)
Verb
  • Fans threw up their hands in frustration, shook their fists — some even screamed in Spanish for their coach to be fired.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
  • At one point in the third quarter, Clark threw up her hands in frustration after missing a wide-open 3.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • But Second City also refers to a second, or new city that locals quickly rebuilt after the Chicago Fire of 1871, which killed three hundred and left 100,000 homeless.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Beneath their hard surface, your bones are alive with activity, continuously being broken down, rebuilt and reshaped.
    Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • All seven bridges along the trail were replaced, a new boardwalk was added near the lake, and crews reconstructed large sections of trail damaged by debris flows and flooding.
    Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • To determine what causes an earthquake to travel through the Cajon Pass, the team reconstructed the last 1,000 years of seismic activity along the two faults, tracking how stress accumulated and released.
    Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
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“Rigged (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigged%20%28up%29. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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