rigged (up)

verb

Definition of rigged (up)next
past tense of rig (up)
as in cooked (up)

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  1. threw up
  2. rebuilt
  3. reconstructed
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  • The 24-time Grand Slam champion appeared to suffer a cramp in his left foot, threw up, and took a medical time-out to have his back massaged between the fourth and fifth sets before losing to Argentine player Mariano Navone.
    — Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Her little sister Adira threw up her own mini peace sign, posing in a blue dress with flowers.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • Four years ago, after helping found Matter, Apple rebuilt HomeKit’s underlying architecture and revamped the Home app, laying a strong foundation.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Cities almost entirely destroyed by American bombs had to be rebuilt.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • Strolling, moon-watching, reading, writing, burning incense, listening to the guqin and sharing a simple banquet were then reconstructed as experiences that visitors could enter and feel for themselves.
    — Li Jun, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Since then, the 16-foot-by-32-foot church has been reconstructed, after archaeologists in 2021 uncovered the church’s original foundation, as well as 62 graves linked to the congregation.
    — Nancy Jiang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
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“Rigged (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigged%20%28up%29. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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