rigged (up)

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigged (up)
Verb
  • Plenty of kids screamed and threw up heart signs in the crowd as Ejae, Nuna, and Ami hit the chorus’ high note.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Jalisco cartel lieutenants threw up flaming roadblocks in 20 of Mexico’s 32 states, according to the government.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Traffic had also been snarled in Noblesville as the city rebuilt Pleasant Street and completed a new bridge over the White River to ease traffic on east-west streets in downtown.
    Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And customer trust will need to be rebuilt.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • By mining this archive and using supercomputers with custom programming to analyze the large data set, researchers reconstructed a 3D view of hydrogen distribution across a vast cosmic volume.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Software then reconstructed 200-plus terabytes of data generated into 3D volumes, with neural networks helping to automate the identification and analysis of anatomical structures.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Rigged (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigged%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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