rivets

present tense third-person singular of rivet
as in focuses
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage

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  • The brothers also founded the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini and an investment company that focuses on tech and blockchain start-ups.
    Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The play focuses on the assassination of the title character by a conspiracy headed by Brutus and Cassius and the defeat of the conspirators in battle by Caesar’s successors, the triumvirate of Marc Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Supporters argue that downstate residents have been politically sidelined for decades — victims of a system that concentrates power and money in Chicago while rural communities struggle with job losses, rising taxes, and shrinking populations.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In a dressing room, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end concentrates while practicing carrying his then-girlfriend during the Tortured Poets Department section of the three-hour show, with the scene cutting to the couple re-enacting it in full costume on stage.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Rivets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivets. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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