rivet
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"On the fuselage, everything is done manually, so every hole, every rivet you see on the fuselage is being done manually," Operations Director Victor Ocadiz told AFP.
From Barron's β Jul. 28, 2026
In a letter addressed to leaders of the Senate, Homendy said the door plug which failed had been opened so rivet repair work could be done in September last year.
From BBC β Mar. 18, 2024
The rivet repairs were done by contractors working for Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems.
From Seattle Times β Mar. 14, 2024
The Boeing employees “were discussing interior restoration after the rivet rework was completed during second shift operations that day,” the report said.
From New York Times β Feb. 6, 2024
Here is the rivet of your mistress’s spectacles out.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
An island paradise has become a logistics hub for shipping microchips, optical instruments and aerospace rivets and bolts to Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 3, 2026
Small amounts of iron from parts such as rivets and other fasteners mix into the recycled metal.
From Science Daily β Mar. 10, 2026
The same goes for the many rivets on the aircraft which are most likely made of aluminium.
From BBC β Oct. 11, 2024
The pieces are instantly recognizable as hers: hand-laced rivets holding together a bustier in the shape of a broken heart, the way one of her spiked choker handbags seems to defy gravity.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 10, 2024
The pod groaned and complained, fifty-year-old rivets threatening to pop.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
The year began with a news story that riveted the country, at least as much as any story can in our attention-fragmented era.
From Slate β Sep. 23, 2026
Ms. Lincoln has crafted an ambitious and intricately plotted caper that will have readers riveted until its final, and supremely satisfying, sleight of hand.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 2026
Elle knows this because she studies fashion magazines with the same riveted attention she devotes to preparing for the LSATs, so she can score the 179 she needs to qualify for admission consideration.
From Salon β Jul. 6, 2026
And the eyes of the world remain riveted to the case - while global sympathies remain with Guthrie's family.
From BBC β Jun. 25, 2026
He was young—perhaps from twenty-eight to thirty—tall, slender; his face riveted the eye; it was like a Greek face, very pure in outline: quite a straight, classic nose; quite an Athenian mouth and chin.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
But I will admit that Russel Crowe, Jacob Tremblay, and Shailene Woodley all deliver riveting performances.
From Salon β Oct. 4, 2026
Lyalin, for his part, faded into obscurity—a footnote now waiting, perhaps, for a riveting movie to be made about him three decades after his death.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 20, 2026
What follows is some of the most riveting and distressing testimony ever delivered in such a setting.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 18, 2026
There’s nothing more riveting on stage than the truth, and here we have human beings in all their flagrant, unadorned and seemingly irreconcilable complications.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 2, 2026
Finally, after ten minutes of riveting political talk, I chance a glance over at Jonesy.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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