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rigs 1 of 2

noun

plural of rig

as in carriages

a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers romantic couples enjoy being driven in the old-fashioned rig through the park

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rig

as in supplies

to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity carefully rigged each diver with the required equipment before starting out

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Recent Examples of rigs

Noun

One interesting difference is that bitcoin mining rigs—which range from $600 to a few thousand dollars—are still substantially cheaper than Nvidia's enterprise GPUs, which are usually $30,000+. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026 Drill rigs would typically rise to 100 feet or more. —

Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026 Learn more › The Home Depot is running its Special Buy discount pricing on a handful of nice Milwaukee Packout tool-carrying rigs in various sizes. —

Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 19 Feb. 2026 GoTo rigs that earn their place by delivering big-aperture views to anyone who prefers glass and eyepieces over screens and sensors. —

Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026 While the concept of finding naturally occurring stores of hydrogen underground is relatively new, Johnson said the process of drilling and producing hydrogen wells is well established science and uses the same rigs used to drill for natural gas. —

Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 17 Feb. 2026 Nunn provided derby participants with details on favorable trout rigs and bait, including Carolina rigs, PowerBait, mini jigs and spinners. —

Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026 But Netflix and Honnold’s partners were adamant about creating an immersive, cinematic effect for Skyscraper Live, so the teams adapted to the significantly bigger, high-end camera rigs. —

Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026 Ward and Ausere said UConn does a great job supporting the club, helping pay for rigs, jumps and wind tunnel time. —

Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026

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There’s infectious joy and wonder as the Eridian who will come to be known as Rocky begins communicating with Ryland, at first with rudimentary signals and then with more complex language once Ryland rigs a translation device. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Rather than stressing over social niceties, sitting in ornate carriages and snacking on cream cakes, Sophie daydreams while scrubbing floors and delivering tea.

— Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
The 12 carriages host no more than 62 passengers at a time, creating a truly intimate travel experience.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026