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He rigged up a sawmill powered by the water he had diverted. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
“I don’t rightly know. You’d have to ask the professor, he’s the one that rigged up the contraption.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
The younger boys had to rig up the saw-horses with boards for the women to use as tables. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
Uncle D and JimmyTrotter managed to rig up a clothesline, tying cords from the bent-but-planted pole to the remaining sturdy branch of the pecan tree. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
“Get me some sort of a command post rigged up here. Cheesethief, where are the gangs with that battering ram?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Let’s see what I can rig up for you.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
Sometimes she was downstairs in the makeshift darkroom she’d rigged up in the basement laundry room, developing rolls of film or making prints. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I rigged up my special effects, checked out the terrain, measured distances, collected the ordnance and equipment we’d need. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I made it my little fort; I put a blanket over me and worked in there, with a light that Dad rigged up. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
So I’d rigged up an external antenna and mounted it on the hood of a car at the top of the junk pile. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
He made the entire apparatus, including the box that housed the equipment, and he figured out how to rig up a long wire antenna to get a signal. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
She rushed in, then stopped and stared at the clumsy scaffolding I had rigged up to look into her flat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
We’ve got an escape route rigged up a back window, but Sonia kept her wits about her and asked who it was. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
So Tjaden has rigged up the lid of a boot-polish tin with a piece of wire over the lighted stump of a candle. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
After his grandparents went to bed, he rigged up an antenna and toyed with the radio dials, tuning in a German-language newscast on the BBC. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
But that never did come through, even after James rigged up an extra length of antenna wire. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z
Joe rigged up a net on a long pole, and whenever he wanted fish for dinner he simply took the net out behind the house, picked out a fish, and hauled it in. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
To bathe, there was only an open wash basin, like a janitor’s sink, with a showerhead rigged up above. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
"I probably might just fit in one of those double-barreled accelerated courses in elementary German they've rigged up." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
Some reporter had rigged up a connection to the line. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Someone had rigged up a sling for those without the Wraith’s particular gift for flouting gravity. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
We tried all kinds of ways to rig up the Windsurfer sail. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
She summoned her husband from his workshop by pulling vigorously on a ship’s bell he had rigged up for this purpose, unpinned her hair, and led him by the wrist to their bedroom. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
We’ll rig up an operating room in the laboratory here, and take pictures of Burton.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It might work like it’s supposed to and take you where you want to go. But we can’t be sure. The island’s magic is obviously unstable. You must rig up your guidance device to navigate.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
She had her mosquito net rigged up over it, so it didn't look that strange like a real uncovered coffin with a dead person inside. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
In the jungle, he’d rig up vines to drop coconuts on his enemies’ heads. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
I rigged up a figure-four trap under the log, and baited it with elder berries rolled into a ball. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Tell you what—Robbie will rig up a reading light for you. I’ll leave the generator on. Will you want some breakfast?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dad has some timers rigged up, so a few lights are on. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Leandro, the engineer, joked that he and Manolo could have mashed at least a ton of sugarcane by now if they’d been rigged up with a harness like a team of oxen. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
In time, I could locate the dish out on the surface, but it would take weeks for me to rig up any repairs, and that would be too late. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
What if he rigged up some kind of stretcher and he and Julie lifted together. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
For privacy, the men had rigged up curtained walls around their cots, small makeshift bedrooms, and in the dark Rat went quickly from room to room, using the flashlight to pluck out the faces. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was absorbed in the tale of a renowned scientist who had rigged up a mystery room made of metal in the basement of his palatial home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Next, she rigged up an equally ingenious system whereby I could switch on the light whenever I entered a room at night. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
At home we’ve rigged up a walkie-talkie with two tin cans and a piece of string, which runs between our two bedroom windows and doesn’t work very well. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
Henry Dobbins and Norman Bowker even rigged up a safety line between them, a long piece of wire tied to their belts. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Several cardboard boxes of busted laptops and computer parts sat in the corner, next to a rack of old car batteries and a modified exercise bike I’d rigged up as a recharger. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
First the acute physicians would pass through the night, rigging up intravenous drips of antidote, mitigating the most harmful effects of each patient’s concoction – effects beyond the wildest projections of drug-testing laboratories. What I have learned from my suicidal patients 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z
They also rigged up barrels full of explosives which they appeared to detonate at the site. Drones fly over ancient Nimrud to help secure Assyrian ruins 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z
The show’s first section perhaps overindexed on choreographed numbers, but by midway through, SZA was soaring — first figuratively, and then literally, in a lifeboat rigged up to float above the crowd. On Her Biggest Tour Yet, SZA Makes Small Feelings Huge 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z
So to demonstrate what was happening, her camera crew rigged up a satellite dish the size of a laptop, powered by the cigarette lighter in their pick-up truck. Sky's Alex Crawford: 'sexist' to ask if motherhood compatible with frontline 2011-08-27T13:43:54Z
A temporary U-shaped grill can be assembled in minutes, simply by stacking bricks or concrete blocks, and rigging up some sort of grate. Lamb, Slow-Roasted the Moroccan Way, Without the Barbecue Spit 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z
The final cut now includes a series of rousing performances recorded inside the Rolls, which they rigged up into a sound studio replete with 16 mics and five cameras. Shake, rattle and Rolls: across America in the shadow of Elvis 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z
Earlier that day, festivalgoers joined the band to listen to the new album while sitting on the floor of a replica Viking feast hall rigged up with a speaker system. The Sound of the Vikings, With a Heavy Metal Twist 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z
Charles Harbutt, a photographer and former president of Magnum, rigged up a slot machine to three slide projectors for a 1969 exhibition in New York. ‘Magnum Manifesto,’ a 70-Year History Lesson in Photojournalism 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z
In another photograph was a crude distilling apparatus: two barrels connected by pipework, with a copper coil rigged up inside one of them. Savoring Bourbon, and Its Storied History, in Northern Kentucky 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z
Charlie rigs up a camera at the aquarium, with a monitor in the kitchen, so they can sit together as a family and watch to see who's stealing the fish. Last night's TV 2010-05-17T07:00:00Z
And then there's the scene where, overeager as ever, Will rigs up the toilets in the latrine to respectfully "salute" the officers. A few ways to enjoy and celebrate Andy Griffith 2012-07-03T20:17:11Z
I liked the mechanical giraffe rigged up by a waterhole to demonstrate what should happen every time a giraffe bends down to take a drink. TV review: Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature; Nigel Slater: Life is Sweets 2012-11-05T22:00:01Z
But is rigging up your own outdoor oasis really a good idea? Do-it-yourselfers are turning livestock watering tanks into backyard pools. Here’s how. 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z
She found getting up and getting down so nerve-racking that she asked the crew to just keep her rigged up. Ava DuVernay’s Fiercely Feminine Vision for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z
Pranks have ranged from dead legs and inappropriate ringtones to a set-piece in the first episode that saw Jonny rigging up Adam's bedroom so that everything fell of the shelves when he opened the door. Have you been watching … Friday Night Dinner? 2012-11-07T12:22:15Z
Also, there’s no risk of bending the hinges, and you don’t need to rig up a temporary way to close off your house. For a damaged wood front door, paint might be the only solution 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z
Workers on cranes are rigging up the 16 cameras that will capture the action inside the ballroom for worldwide TV audiences, and seating charts are being meticulously planned for maximum celebrity interaction. Expect 16 perspectives on stars at Golden Globes 2013-01-11T16:34:08Z
If you plan to spray, rig up a way to contain overspray. Switching from brass to brushed nickel, you can paint the hinges 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z
So the three of us — Micah, my dad and I — rigged up an ad hoc human-winch operation to lower him off the balcony. | Gideon Lewis-Kraus 2012-03-13T18:15:57Z
He says he has rigged up a disembodied elf’s hand, operated by a foot pump, that can hand him things from just beyond the edge of the screen. Santa Claus is coming to town. Try not to infect him. 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z
Hounded by “savages” in Tierra Del Fuego, he rigs up a pantomime to trick his pursuers into believing that there are other men aboard the Spray. Frank Bascombe’s Seafaring Foil 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z
“Do you want me to rig up and climb a tree?” he asked. An arborist muses on a 35-year career high in the branches 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z
He and my father rigged up spin-casting rods and hurled rubbery lures with wobbly tails into the water. A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z
So stagehands had to rig up a separate pulley system to work together with the motor. Metropolitan Opera Embarks on $60 Million Renovation 2012-12-05T23:10:28Z
A: Polyurethane construction adhesive should work, but you will need to rig up a brace that supports the broken piece for 24 hours. Metal is the ticket for a low-maintenance bridge 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z
He rigged up an outdoor solar shower and an outdoor kitchen. Phish’s Art Director Calls Four Shipping Containers Home 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z
Before we begin, Robin rigs up his stereo and puts on another of Dad's LPs, Grand Prix, a recording of formula one racing cars in action. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z
At night they emerge from hiding to steal scraps of old metal, which are rigged up into harmless and ingenious contraptions in their underground cavern. ‘The Boxtrolls’ Is an Adaptation of ‘Here Be Monsters!’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z
He was uncomfortable speaking directly to the camera, he said, so Mr. Rasmussen rigged up a one-way mirror that allowed him to address Mr. Roach instead. How to Take a Class From Serena Williams and Usher 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z
He and a friend started making playlists and rigging up lighting in the garage. Teenage parties – a parents’ guide 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z
A toy piano rigged up on the front of Santoro's stepladder is her homage to this year's festival jury president, "The Piano" director Jane Campion. Cannes autograph-hunters brave sun, rain, long hours for 'dream' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z
The two giant puppets will be rigged up to the ceiling. ‘Word painting’ artist Wayne White brings 14-foot-tall puppets to the Seattle Art Fair 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z
I had even rigged up a night-vision camera inside the tub so that I could check the growth on my phone: like live-streaming grass growing, only slower. 'My mother-in-law called me Walter White': how magic mushrooms rescued me from grief 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z
And throughout the ordeal, Hamas rigged up a phone to broadcast the family's pain and terror to the world on Facebook Live. 'Hamas said they wouldn’t shoot, then murdered my daughter’ 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z
For example, contraptions rigged up with party poppers or adorned with a fake magpie. Magpie swooping: How polarising bird terrorises suburban Australia 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z
The 49-year-old said he was forced to rig up a makeshift outdoor shower, using a sink and a tarpaulin for privacy. Bracknell man says mould forces him to rig up outdoor shower 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z
The Teamsters will get going Tuesday, Gonzalez Fletcher said, when they plan to drive their big rigs up to the Capitol to pressure Newsom to sign the bill requiring human drivers in autonomous trucks. News Analysis: Labor unions win big in California Legislature as hot labor summer drags into fall 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z
Candles are often used and the numerous illegal electricity connections rigged up to provide power for those inside also pose a fire hazard. South Africa fire: What are Johannesburg's hijacked buildings? 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z
Unlike big trawlers using nets to catch pollock, cod and flounder, trollers drag lines rigged up with weights, artificial lures and hooks. An Alaska hook-and-line Chinook fishery has been pitted against endangered orcas. Can both survive? 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z
Prosecutors described how they unfurled a Just Stop Oil-branded banner and "rigged up hammocks". Just Stop Oil: Dartford Crossing protesters jailed 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z
Although he wants to give his chickens a break, Engel is considering rigging up a light system with a timer in his backyard to artificially induce laying, as some owners do. Egg shortage has WA shoppers shelling out and farmers scrambling 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z
First, they had to rig up a way to simultaneously mix eight or nine gases—many of which are toxic, flammable, or otherwise hard to handle. Lifting the veil: Astronomers conjure up the hazes that obscure alien worlds 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z
He accepted the challenge by rigging up a sink toilet in their powder room. How washing my hands with 'toilet water' cut my water bills in half 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z
A tree branch had fallen and tripped a signal flare that had been rigged up to alert the Russians of sneak attacks. As the War Rages, Ukraine Wages a Daunting Battle to Rebuild 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z
The team rigged up a 5.25-foot-long bullwhip with motion capture markers and removed the whip’s popper, the part responsible for its loud noise, and also tagged participants’ bodies with markers. When You Step Inside This Lab, You Must Whip It 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z
She eventually wrote to a YouTube prankster who targets scammers, asking him to rig up a bait car that could scare off thieves. 'Like a sitting duck': The catalytic converter theft spree is hitting old Toyota Priuses 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z
On the first day, a large red SUV rigged up a tow to help people with nonworking vehicles avoid impoundment. Homelessness along South King County’s Green River grows, attracting new attention 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z
Typical vacuum crevice tools aren’t long or skinny enough, so rig up a narrower, more flexible attachment. Perspective | How to take care of your dryer 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z
Elegant, assertive, and capable of rigging up a subspace bypass circuit in practically no time at all, Uhura inspired a generation of Black women. Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise, has died 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z
A: It is often possible to remove a bed mechanism and still have a sofa, provided you rig up a way to support the sofa seat. I love my sofa, but not the bed part. What are my options? 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z
Yes, GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64 can now be played without screen cheating because a British museum rigged up $10,000 worth of hardware to give each player their very own screen. Behold GoldenEye 007 with four screens — dream come true or travesty? 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z
They’re nervous that something similar could happen again — that by the time they get a new rig up and running, prices will have returned to Earth, and they’ll go bust again. Opinion | Both parties neglect to propose a solution that might actually lower gas prices 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z
This being Los Feliz, that friend is a DJ, and he has a couch rigged up with speakers inside the cushions. Kristen Stewart on her perfect L.A. day, her Oscar nom and, yes, wedding plans 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z
A former stage electrician, he once rigged up the lighting for one of her musical numbers and is still dazzled by the memory of her performance. Review: The theater world is finally ready to experience Alice Childress’ 'Trouble in Mind' 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z
And my first job after college was actually in the Arctic, on the rigs up there as a field engineer. NASA’s newest astronauts talk about their journeys to becoming spacefarers 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z
Returning home, they rigged up a rope-and-pulley system to build up his strength. Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dies 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z
Anderson, her assistant told me, insists on setting this whole rig up herself, every single time, whether she is alone in the studio or about to play Carnegie Hall. Laurie Anderson Has a Message for Us Humans 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z
Every day, aid groups hand out meals and the local authorities rig up water taps for the hundreds of migrants who gather at the site. 'We have no choice': migrants undeterred by UK threat to send boats back to France 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z
Trump said in a statement that Upton's impeachment vote was "on rigged up charges" and that Carra "is strong on Crime, Borders, and loves our Military." Trump backs challenger to third House Republican who voted to impeach 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z
Comardelle planted grass on the slopes of his levee, and he rigged up a metal gate that he reinforces with sand bags to keep water from coming in over the driveway. Louisiana man’s personal levee no match for Ida’s fury 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z
A device shaped like a human head is rigged up to a monitor displaying colourful graphs, recording every whizz, rattle and beep. Noisy appliances: How loud is your house? 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z
“Oil rigs are called rigs because they are rigged up and rigged down,” he writes. Review: He ditched his privilege to labor in a Dakota oil field. All he got was a powerful memoir 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z
The researchers rigged up an X-ray machine and took images of the birds while they flew in place. Consider the wishbone: What we can learn from a Thanksgiving turkey's bones 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z
Now’s not too late to rig up some protective covering for these cold-tolerant plants. Gardening: Extend your fresh vegetable harvest season 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z
The staff rigged up a bell, triggered by a hose lying across the studios’ driveway, to warn them when a manager pulled in. Demolition of Bethesda radio towers will take a piece of history, rare open space 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z
Smith enlisted an engineer to rig up a “Fred-a-Scare” at a Melbourne dingo sanctuary. Wacky tube men could keep dingoes away from livestock in Australia 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z
Someone rigged up a platform with a piece of plywood. I’ve Been Sounding Taps Since My Ship Was Attacked in 1945 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z
Actors are rigged up in special suits to track their movements; their faces are often dotted with black circles to recreate their expressions. The unsung star of The Last of Us Part II had to pretend to be a baby 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z
Many rigged up computer holders with plywood or bungee cords, Hackett said, yet they still prefer conventional shift levers to dials or buttons that would free up space. Ford plays it safe with revamped F-150, focuses on interior 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z
The right leg was permanently damaged, however, and Doohan struggled in the 1993 season until chief mechanic Jeremy Burgess rigged up rear brake control that could be triggered by his thumb rather than his foot. On this day: Born June 4, 1965: Mick Doohan, motorcycle world champion 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z
With the help of his son, he rigged up a home studio in his basement to create more multimedia content, using his wife and colleagues to get feedback before getting it live. Working Scientist podcast: Science communication made simple 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z
The Doc does his own stunts Once Doc has left hair and makeup, he heads to the part of the cavernous studio where he’s been rigged up in a harness. Dr Disrespect is the villain who could change the future of TV 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z
Hofmann’s brain cells were rushed to the institute on “life support” in a cooler rigged up with artificial cerebral spinal fluid and oxygen. Epilepsy treatment side effect: New insights about the brain 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z
They drove their rigs up Interstate 5 and into Salem, the state capital, and then rolled slowly by the Capitol building, their horns blaring, as protesters on the steps cheered and made speeches. Conservative, rural Oregonians demonstrate at Capitol 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z
He rigged up environmental sensors and devices on his farm, connecting them over a wireless network. Open source technology could be a boon to farmers 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z
You’ll still need some technical expertise to put everything together, but it’s not extremely cost-prohibitive to rig up a laser for this specific scenario. Your Amazon Echo or Google Home could be fooled by a laser ‘speaking’ words 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z
She said her husband rigged up the generator to power air filters in her bedroom. Across the Bay Area, generator etiquette and other lessons of the PG&E power shut-offs 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z
You needed to wire power and connectivity to the cameras, dig trenches or run wiring for the lights, and then rig up a system to control and monitor it all. Ring has made it ridiculously easy to surround your house with smart lights and cameras 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z
Using special effects, they rig up a fake exorcism, to boost the reputation of an insecure priest; stage a “standard inheritance scare,” involving a haunted house; and pose as space aliens, to help a scientist. Off-Kilter Humor on “Los Espookys” and “Alternatino” 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z
They even rigged up a pulley system on the roof of the cave and pulled them along. Achieving the impossible: Thai cave rescue a year on 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z
Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, sleeping on the ground and rigging up makeshift awnings with reflective blankets to shelter form the sun. Guatemalan teenage boy dies in U.S. Border Patrol custody 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z
The university planned a real-time test of emissions, and it rigged up an ingenious way to scrutinize the exhaust generated under open-road conditions. Six Years Ago, He Helped Expose VW’s Diesel Fraud. This Year, G.M. Let Him Go. 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z
"Every time my leg touched the ground I was in pain so I rigged up a sling using the dog's lead to keep my leg up." Runner 'saved by dogs' after hill fall 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z
According to the host, it only took the show’s tech guy fifteen minutes to rig up a button that would trigger robocalls, featuring Oliver’s voice and bagpipe music, to their offices every 90 minutes. John Oliver takes on robocalls: 'It should not be up to us to deal with this bullshit' 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z
Zero Mass Water’s “Source” panel sets are in use in 10 countries so far, including Puerto Rico, where they were shipped and rigged up after Hurricane Maria. Drinking water out of thin air 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z
An oxygen concentrator that they rigged up to an extra car battery. ‘This is no way to live’: Former Nationals pitcher Micah Bowie is in a fight for his life 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z
The blindingly bright lights are rigged up as if for a sports stadium. How to harvest grasshoppers for a tasty snack 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z
In many cases, they’ll collaborate with street food vendors, or rig up their own makeshift kitchens, to offer food as well. ‘People don’t go out’: the town where half the pubs have vanished 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z
“I am travel agent, office manager, car washer, anything and everything that doesn’t involve rigging up tackle or catching fish,” she said. This Is the Most Lucrative Moment in History to Catch Bass 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z
He wandered the ditches of a nearby creek; he rigged up speakers to a neighbouring drive-in theatre and climbed on the McElroys’ roof to watch movies. Twenty-six siblings and a child labour camp: how Lonnie Holley’s epic life led to the year’s best album 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z
Having lost my human intellectual ally, I’d tried to rig up a new ally – or a whole group of allies – via internet videos. How I fell for – and broke up with – the intellectual dark web 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z
At one point, David rigged up an outdoor shower that used bottled water, warming it up by laying a black PVC pipe across a piece of sheet metal in the sun. The Water Wars of Arizona 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z
Greene and his neighbors rig up a ghost that flies through the air on a zip line to “scare the little kids” and place a motion-sensitive pop-up coffin in one corner. This cemetery is the liveliest place in the neighborhood 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z
On Saturday nights in wintertime, one of the priests at St. Michael’s would rig up a speaker for the weekly broadcast of “Hockey Night in Canada” from Toronto, 1,300 miles away. Recasting the History of Pro Hockey’s Indigenous Players 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z
Bulté’s team printed two 3D models of female turtles, identical in every aspect except size, and placed them a meter apart on the lakebed, with cameras rigged up to record how wild males reacted. Here’s what happens when you replace toads and turtles with 3D-printed replicas in the wild 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z
If you were going to study the way a baby learned to talk, you’d need someone eccentric enough to rig up a house with hidden recording devices. How babies learn – and why robots can’t compete 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z
He rigged up a Jeep and named it the Thingamajig, Dregni said. Minnesota ice maker heads to Pyeongchang for Olympics 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z
Ed Sheeran still needs someone to put that lighting rig up, he's still got that whole production and all those people on the road with him. Here's why gig prices have gone up 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z
At night a screen was rigged up and “the mesmerized refugees watched the glittering productions of Hollywood, murmuring, clucking their tongues and laughing at the international language of slapstick.” An excerpt from 'Road Not Taken' 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z
In the shadows, we can just make out some tents, rigged up from small plastic covers and bamboo sticks. 'When they began slaughtering us we ran for our lives': Rohingya trapped inside Myanmar | Alex Crawford 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z
She and her colleagues rigged up more protections and started again in June 2014. Hot Spots in a Freezing Ocean Offer Lessons in Climate Change 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z
He chuckled and tilted his head at his colleagues, who had perked up and slung their rigs up to their shoulders. What a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed About the Painful Search for an Asian-American Identity 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z
I heard one engineer joke that it might be easier to just rig up a data randomising machine, since many people out there seem to think that’s what their data is anyway. Watching ice melt: inside Nasa’s mission to the north pole 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z
Their colleague Norman Heatley rigged up a crazy-looking Heath Robinson system involving milk churns, baths, ceramic bedpans commissioned from a local pottery company, rubber tubes, drinks bottles and a doorbell. How economics killed the antibiotic dream - BBC News 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z
In besieged Madrid, the desperate Republicans quite literally deployed Robeson’s music as a weapon, rigging up loudspeakers so that his bass baritone carried to the fascist trenches. Paul Robeson's songs and deeds light the way for the fight against Trump | Jeff Sparrow 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z
They rigged up people while regaling them with moderately interesting anecdotes. Friendships, romance, humanity: mind-reading tech will kill it all | Catherine Shoard 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z
More recently, Britain was involved in a diplomatic flap after a former official under then-Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted that British authorities had rigged up a fake rock in Moscow to spy on Russians. British ex-spy behind Trump dossier seen as a cool operator 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z
Pyrotechnic specialists spent an afternoon rigging up burners and priming the straw roofs of the huts with fuel. Among the ghosts of Cambodia’s killing fields: on the set of Angelina Jolie’s new film | Julian Borger 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z
Soon PVC piping was rigged up to the reservoir, winding down two miles of hillside to the creek. Falcons, Drones, Data: A Winery Battles Climate Change 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z
Protesters said she was hurt by a concussion grenade thrown by law enforcement, while authorities suggested she was hurt by a propane cylinder that they speculated protesters were rigging up to hurl at the officers. Dakota Access pipeline protesters vow to keep up the fight despite clashes with police 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z
He promised the next time they rigged up their lines, he would bring his drone to get some better shots. Highline festival offers thrills at height of 100 feet 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z
The fork is rigged up to a series of ropes and pulleys on the roof that allowed farmers to pull hay from wagons and pile it on top of the animal stables inside. Bicentennial barn: Century-old barn 1 of best in Indiana 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z
Other products, such as Visionize, which magnifies real-time images from a smartphone rigged up in a kind of virtual reality headset, may offer cheaper and more accessible options, he said. Goggles give visually impaired hope 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z
Two separate videos showed drones rigged up to carry to the weapons hovering low in woodland in Connecticut, in the north-east United States. Weapons-drone student fights expulsion - BBC News 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z
Most of the chefs arrived at Smoke Farm last Saturday afternoon for the Sunday event, in order to rig up their grilling systems, light their fires if need be, and get the party started. Burning Beast: The world’s best feast in a field is not safe for vegans 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z
You see that middle-aged woman rigging up a noose on that tree? Be Your Own Tesla 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z
The students rigged up a hamster trap using pulleys and a bucket. School’s Out for the Animals, Too 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z
CTC automotive students rigged up the cars to move whenever the Rock Creek students hit a switch fastened to the steering wheel, instead of the gas pedal. Students adapt toy cars for children with disabilities 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z
In other words, no more need to rig up a barrel when you needed to lift a boat. How Abraham Lincoln Became the Only U.S. President to Hold a Patent 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z
“In reality, he was probably getting things rigged up with the other people in on the gig,” Luebbert said. Missouri grapples with human trafficking 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z
Have a good night,’ ” she said, tears spilling down her cheeks as she sat in a temporary shelter that she and some neighbors rigged up in the town square. A close call with death in Ecuador’s earthquake 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z
But a camera-equipped incubator would cost tens of thousands of dollars, so, instead, he rigged up one himself, using common lab equipment and a foil party balloon. The Stem-Cell Scandal 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z
Smith also warned homeowners against improperly using generators, particularly small generators that people rig up to use during a power outage. Jeffersonville firefighters see sparks fly during training 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z
If he could rig up a series of revolving discs, each with a lens around their edges, they could break down the light reflected by an object placed in front of them. See a 'Screenshot' From John Logie Baird's Early Television Demonstrations 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z
Her boyfriend rigged up a tarp to try to enclose their living space and conserve some heat. Precipitous Rents in Ski Country Push Workers to Edges 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z
But some bowls were rigged up to subtly refill themselves from a large unseen reservoir. Heavier Waiters Make for Heavier Eating 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z
Visconti rigged up three microphones with electronic “gates”. Bowie in Berlin: 'He drove round the car park at 70mph screaming that he wanted to end it all' 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z
To document orangutan slumber, for example, Dr. Samson once rigged up infrared cameras at the Indianapolis Zoo and stayed up each night to watch the apes nod off. Down From the Trees, Humans Finally Got a Decent Night’s Sleep 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z
Others fear government planners will rig up a sterile ghetto for monied foreigners. They wish you were here 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z
To measure the energy output of a curling eel, Catania rigged up a sort of eel chew toy by attaching a dead fish to a piece of wire. Electric Embrace: Eels Curl Up to Supercharge Shocks 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z
“We’re looking at everything, whether it was technique, the way things were rigged up, or whether it was a failure in a piece of equipment,” Lee said. 2 climbers die in fall in Wyoming’s Wind River Range 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z
Seen those videos of a oculus rift rigged up onto a 10 ft pole on some kids back.. i wanna try that man.. real bad.. Adventure Time's creator is illustrating strange virtual reality concepts on Twitter 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z
Because he is an electrician, he managed to rig up electricity. AP PHOTOS: 5 years after quake, Haitians turn ruins to homes 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z
“It’s relatively easy to rig up just the air, but air and water together is hard,” Cox said. Trying to conserve water? Here's how to pre-rinse dishes with air 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z
An intercom, which had been rigged up along the coal face, crackled into life. How my father gave me a terrifying lesson at 10 - BBC News 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z
To keep the walls from collapsing, Ranamagar and his brother rigged up two long bamboo poles as support, holding the poles in place with rocks. Villagers near Nepal quake's epicenter ponder realities of rebuilding 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z
Regardless how sophisticated, experts say it’s risky for amateurs to rig up gas pipes. NYC blast probe highlights problem of stealing gas 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z
Regardless how sophisticated, experts say it's risky for amateurs to rig up gas pipes. NYC blast probe highlights problem of stealing gas 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z
“Simply the practicality of getting giant rigs up there, the practicality of getting oil from that far away from the rest of us to market is a huge, huge undertaking,” Funk recently told Salon. Bad idea: Shell’s gearing up to start drilling in the Arctic again 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z
The longer the caves are occupied, the more damage is done to the site, as families install front doors and windows, build makeshift extensions, and rig up satellite dishes and solar panels. The cave dwellers of Bamiyan 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z
The trick was achieved by rigging up a bus shelter in London's Oxford Street with a full HD screen and a camera on the opposite side to create a see-through effect. The world is not enough 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z
Laundry hung from window grates, and families had rigged up sheets on patios to create a bit of privacy. School Shelters Offer Limited Safety, and Even Less Comfort 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z
So home became a patch of thin grass around a tree trunk behind this city’s central hospital, where his family rigged up sheets to block the sun. Loss of Shelter and Electricity Worsens a Crisis for Fleeing Gazans 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z
Squirrels were a problem until Ted rigged up two differently-sized clear plastic baffles on the wire that holds the peanut feeder. In Washington region, spirit of Saint Francis is alive and well when it comes to birds
They rigged up electricity, opened up stores and barbershops, and created an internal management system. End comes for notorious Venezuelan vertical slum 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z
His wife, Diane, likes rigging up her Sunfish and going for a sail on breezy evenings. Lake Barcroft offers beach living inside the Beltway
A barracks for the Cossacks is being arranged and, more ominously again, a field hospital is being rigged up, Oxana says. Traffic of war comes to Ukrainian town 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z
So he rigged up his own air filter and invested in a scientific particle monitor to see how well it worked. Beijing’s DIY Clean Air Movement: If You Can’t Buy an Expensive Air Filter, Build One 2014-05-08T15:03:48Z
On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered the opposition mayors of four municipalities, including San Cristobal, to remove street barricades rigged up by protesters. Venezuela arrests opposition mayor for 'rebellion' 2014-03-20T01:47:29Z
In 2001, Steffi Graf married the tennis star Andre Agassi, whose own father, Mike, had rigged up a machine to shoot tennis balls at him at 110 miles per hour when he was 7. Peter Graf, Volatile Father of Tennis Great, Dies at 75 2013-12-04T03:35:03Z
When electricity workers demanded payoffs, they rigged up the wires themselves. In Cairo, a Frozen Yogurt Dream Melts 2013-09-10T10:00:33Z
The facial injuries finally decreased when a team from Harvard University rigged up a mask to protect its catchers that resembled a sturdy bird cage. Innovation: Who Made That Catcher’s Mask? 2013-09-06T14:24:06Z
The site’s remote location made connecting to the power grid prohibitively expensive, so Carlos rigged up a bank of old Western Union telegraph batteries, charged by a 1920s generator, to provide electricity. How a World’s Fair Pavilion Became a Family’s Cabin 2013-05-25T03:57:08Z
In a case of jaw-dropping fraud, greedy traders rigged up the benchmark so that they could cash in on bets on derivatives, while banks submitted fake numbers to make themselves look financially healthier. How Wall Street fraudsters ripped you off, again 2013-05-10T17:07:00Z
So loud was the Roker crowd that night that Malcolm Allison, City's assistant manager, returned to the ground the following morning to see if some sort of artificial amplification had been rigged up. Sunderland, Stokoe, Montgomery: football would never be the same again 2013-05-10T10:50:04Z
Bewm rigged up his rod, which featured thick line and a massive reel. Scientist at Work Blog: Empty Nets on the Mekong 2013-05-06T10:29:38Z
“Oktophonie,” in a sense, recreates that earth-shattering conflict: coruscating waves of sound from the synthesizer play against the flickering glare of lighting rigged up in the Armory’s ceiling. Can an Opera Take You to Outer Space? 2013-04-01T12:35:00Z
An entertaining sidelight: One night after a malfunction forced the Washington Wizards to rig up a makeshift scoreboard for an NBA game, the Verizon Center was still haunted by electronic gremlins. No. 11 Georgetown rolls past DePaul 90-66 2013-02-21T02:19:12Z
Officials rigged up a replacement that looked like something borrowed from a middle school gymnasium and placed it in front of the scorer's table, and 24-second clocks were placed on the floor at the corners. DeRozan, Gay lead Raptors past Wizards 96-88 2013-02-20T02:45:12Z
"Three Oaks", their name for the copse by the railway embankment where I watch them rig up their fishing net, is a new outpost, established in response to activity nearby. Road protests return: a new generation takes on the bypass builders 2013-01-12T08:01:01Z
"I was definitely thinking of the Bronx-Whitestone, knowing that it was all rigged up to record every quiver." she said. City Room: Less Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Yielded More Stability During Hurricane Sandy 2013-01-04T22:32:27Z
His election team, who call themselves "Modi's Men", have even rigged up a 3-D projection of the stocky, bespectacled Modi to allow him to appear "live" on stage at simultaneous events. Indian state vote may be first step to Modi versus Gandhi face-off 2012-12-12T21:40:30Z
Their workstation areas, equipped with power-hungry gear, are rigged up to a central database which then displays a league of shame on a monitor. Software to cut your energy bill 2012-11-08T00:16:02Z
These included solar panels, a portable toilet and a kite flown to rig up a rope walkway between two cooling towers, and mock last week's coalition row over windfarms. No Dash For Gas ends the UK's longest power station occupation 2012-11-05T14:09:51Z
Magnuson will walk everyone through the process of rigging up for steelhead bobber and jig fishing, with advice on rods, reels, lines and what to put on the end of your line. Eastern Washington steelhead fishery possibly looming soon, and clinic offered to prep anglers 2012-10-02T20:02:51Z
The chair, and several upgrades he rigged up for it, allowed David to play music, change TV channels, dim the lights in his room and wheel around corners at dangerous speeds. A Thinking Man's Game 2012-09-25T04:00:00Z
Instead, I was told to rig up two boats with parachutes because Spike Lee was making a video about the SEALs. Why the 'Mark Owen' Tell-All Shocked SEALs So Much 2012-09-12T08:05:00Z
“Billy,” groaned a group of sun-blinded pinochle players who wanted a tarp rigged up for shade. Character Study: Billy Mackay, 22, a Butler of the Beach 2012-08-19T02:40:07Z
The air mattress he was provided on his arrival 60 days ago has since been replaced by a bed, and the Ecuadoreans have rigged up a shower for him. Inside Assange’s Embassy Home 2012-08-18T08:45:00Z
When sunlight faded, the dim glow of an antique street lamp rigged up by their father, Dana, allowed the games to continue uninterrupted. D.C. United Coach Ben Olsen embodies his home town’s scrappy mentality 2012-07-24T23:40:27Z
According to the book, he lies to everyone about his record, and his accountant rigs up a dummy auditing firm to bless it all. Off the Shelf: ‘Octopus’ Looks at Bayou Hedge Fund’s Collapse — Review 2012-06-30T19:49:31Z
Over the next week, Mr. Mitchell researched how campers rig up makeshift cellphone chargers far from civilization. Green Blog: An Idea Charged Up at Zuccotti Park 2012-05-31T21:00:52Z
In fact the cycling events attracted so many spectators that the organisers had to rig up makeshift seating on scaffolding and planks. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice - reviews 2012-05-18T21:55:04Z
Crouching under the lee of the canvas screen that had been rigged up to replace the demolished storm-dodgers, Sefton carefully struck a match. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z
To this they made no answer, but they were unappeased, and when, two days later, Rupert sent for twenty of them to help to rig up his own ship, they refused to come. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z
Besides the sail usually carried by man-of-war schooners, she had the requisite appertenances for a royal and flying kite, or sky-sail, which, now that she was in port, were all rigged up. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z
Why don’t you ask the captain to rig up the swimming nets? Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z
But they are bad--too bad to come up in a bucket; and we can rig up nothing bigger at present so there they are fixed. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z
Gunner Deacon, Royal Marine Artillery, had rigged up a gun belonging to the Taoutae, and worked it in the coolest manner and with great success. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z
This trap was rigged up, with the expenditure of a day's work, at one corner of the outer boma. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z
Unknown to the prisoners, a telegraph cabin had been hurriedly rigged up for Machado at the railway line within a short distance of the house. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z
While they were waiting for Ralph, who had stayed behind to see that the “Gray Ghost” got over safely on the raft rigged up for the purpose, the comrades took a look around them. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z
A cage would be rigged up within the hour. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z
It was pretty clear that the road would remain blocked until some contrivance had been rigged up for lifting the engine. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z
I shall go on slowly, and camp when I come to a suitable place, and my men will rig up a boma in no time. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z
The others set about rigging up a benzine distillery. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z
Why, it’s simply a sort of a cage that they rig up alongside the ship, and anybody that wants to can swim to their heart’s content inside it. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z
"Then rig up the long-distance signal," cried Carew. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z
With the negro's instinct for returning to his old haunts, Mboyo had come back with his wife to Banonga, and managed to rig up a precarious shelter in his father's shattered hut. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z
She'd rig up some curtains and make things look cheerful in no time. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z
After a power of thought I hit on the notion of rigging up a sort of cage in which I could make the raft without the risk of having reptiles closer than I liked. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z
Then the foreman showed them the apparatus that they had rigged up to test the speed of Bert’s pitching. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z
He ordered them to rig up a large awning forward, under which the crew were to live so long as the vessel was in warm latitudes. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z
You can go and get some of the men to rig up platforms at several points inside the stockade. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z
A show-troupe, marooned at that junction for seven fearful days, had rigged up a theater in the old depot and there had played Ten Nights in a Barroom, in order to pay its hotel bill. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z
The prospect of spending one’s old age rigged up to sensors that document one’s ebbing life force is not edifying. Schumpeter: Now for some good news 2012-03-01T16:00:40Z
The latter had rigged up a forked stick so that it answered for a crutch on one side. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z
I rigged up a quick prototype, and it did. How I Did It: James Dyson 2012-02-28T05:03:00Z
With an old gun-sling and canteen strap I rigged up a sort of bridle, mounted the horse, and returned to my rebel escort. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z
We can't walk down past the depot and the store rigged up that way, even if it is dark. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z
A stout sapling was reared as a mast, and with his own hands Turnpenny rigged up a biscuit sack for a sail, and fashioned a crutch in which another sapling might serve as a rudder. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
This boat I soon got rigged up with mast and sails. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z
I rigged up an instrument hastily and pulled a strip of paper through it, at the same time shouting, 'Hallo'! Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z
This was quickly rigged up by the native boatmen, and launched on a winding channel through the marsh. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z
If it works all right, I'll rig up an arrangement to milk the cows next.' A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z
He gathered the stuff together and rigged up a crazy hut, such as he had seen erected by shepherds on the moors of Devon. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
The girls were taken to a swing that the boys had rigged up and swung to and fro to their hearts’ content. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z
The mechanism of her retreat had always been simple—a trick of turning her sensual excitement into indignation, of energizing the virtuous platitudes rigged up in her mind by the passion the caresses had stirred. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z
He joined forces with a couple of betting men and they certainly rigged up a good plant. Dick Randall The Young Athlete 2012-01-04T03:00:45.467Z
That was just rigged up to send us to Jack Carlson to ask that he get us out of town in a hurry. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z
He began by carrying the biscuits and other perishables from the hold to the bulwarks, where he rigged up a running tackle, and lowered the bags and boxes to the sand beneath. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
This is some little station that Uncle Sam has rigged up here, and while there are plenty of bigger ones, there are very few that are more complete and up to date. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z
It rang and clanged—an outraged and intimidating ding-dong of virtuous platitudes which she had incongruously rigged up in the sensual warmth of her nature. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z
This made Moore mad, so he concluded to rig up an outfit of his own and send them over after the cattle, hence he sending out after me. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z
“Well, bear a hand, and rig up; the breakfast is ready to serve.” Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z
Meanwhile Amos, not content to trust the navigation of the canoe entirely to the maroons and their paddles, had busied himself in rigging up a mast with small sails taken out of the Maid Marian. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
“Might as well rig up as an Eskimo and be done with it.” The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z
Fenn, for the joke of the thing, rigged up a small Christmas tree, on which were hung pretended gifts. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z
On our arrival back to the ranch, Moore rigged up a scouting outfit to do nothing but drift over the Plains in search of strayed cattle. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z
"Give 'em a sight of the dummies we've rigged up," whispered Hank at once. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z
He could hardly believe his good luck, and it was with this he immediately rigged up for himself a workshop. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z
“I saw a picture the other day of a car that was rigged up that way, with an antenna from the radiator to a mast in the rear.” The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z
Going on the theory that the majority of snakes are fond of milk, I rigged up the trap. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z
Being a store there we rigged up in good shape; I spent two or three months' wages for an outfit, spurs, etc., trying to make myself look like a thoroughbred Cow Boy from Bitter creek. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z
They've rigged up a wall, and any one of us can hop over it in a twinkling. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z
A large dial too was rigged up upon the travelling carriage by which the model was towed, a finger on which denoted the distance which the carriage had travelled at any moment. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z
Now I am wondering if we couldn’t rig up a tempting little booth in this unoccupied space. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z
The wealthier families of Seville rig up for themselves on the fair-ground "casetas," or temporary residences of wood or canvas, with two or more apartments. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z
I went right to work trying to rig up a home for her. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z
He and Fangati at once began to rig up near by a temporary shelter for the English girls, and it was almost finished by the time Elizabeth and Mary arrived. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z
They would have been captured had not Lieutenant Davis thought of rigging up a sail with one of their blankets. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z
Breakfast over—it was a more substantial meal than their previous ones in the boat—Mostyn set the lascars to work to rig up jury canvas. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z
It'll take me a day or so to get rigged up. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z
After buying and rigging up a saddle I left town flat broke. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z
In the cove below them lay a freshly painted smack, with half rigged up new sails; the water calm as a mirror. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z
Equal to the emergency, Lincoln "rigged up" an apparatus in the presence of the entire assembly of New Salem. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z
The Wireless Officer's next step was to rig up a tent to shelter the women from the blazing sun. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z
"Don't you think we could rig up an electric alarm?" said Terence during the progress of the meal. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z
After getting his wife and babies located in their new quarters, he started back home, in Matagorda, to make preparations for spring work, he having to rig up new outfits, etc. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z
Well, I thought it would 95 benefit his health, so I rigged up an outfit for his use and let him go. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z
I don't suppose there ever was yet a sure-thing game rigged up that didn't get its quota of nibblers, and even its occasional easy marks, who'd go up against it with their whole rolls. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z
After a time the notion came to us of rigging up a mast and sail, and trying what we could do in real navigation. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z
He also succeeded in rigging up the searchlight salved from the wreck, and after many failures the apparatus worked to perfection. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z
"You mean rig up a jury-rudder," exclaimed the Maestro, a flashing light of understanding in his eyes; "rig is the more nautical term." Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z
‘It must have been run up since I was here last,’ says Jack to himself, ‘though that’s queer, for I reckon it’d take years to rig up a dandy show of this sort.’ The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z
Taylor had done what he could, rigging up a drag with which to take Harlan to town and a doctor, but Harlan had died before town could be reached. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z
A bystander took the angler's cell phone and snapped a photo, which Buster immediately emailed to Pete Roundy, the General Store clerk who helps him rig up his fishing tackle. Spokane youth catches big northern pike in Spokane River 2011-08-17T16:00:09Z
The apprentice's face clouded; he thought for a few minutes, then— "We can top one of the derricks and rig up a tackle, sir." The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z
Well," said the Maestro, after a moment's thought; "jury-rudders, you know, are rigged up when the real rudder has been carried away. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z
There was still enough light left to see to step the mast, so they carried the sails and rigging up to the boat, and fitted them the same evening. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z
We can cook dinner on the beach and rig up a tent with the awning. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z
She was soon sparkling with merriment as Fred told of the fun they had in rigging up, and the sensation they created as they marched through Main Street. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z
But we're going to be up here some time, you know, and perhaps I might get a chance to rig up some sort of flying machine. Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol 2011-07-26T02:00:18.713Z
“That’ll do,” said Sam to himself, and he went about his work, while that morning the whole of the diving apparatus was rigged up, and Rasp carefully inspected the ground. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z
Find out what it is—rig up a compromise—get him to call off the dogs. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z
By the time breakfast was over the heat had become intense and the awning, put away overnight, was rigged up again. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z
And no one seemed to have had sufficient gumption to rig up a small condenser! The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z
Why, it’s a sort of rustic shrine, rigged up to some Mohammedan saint. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z
She had rigged up a couch beside the fire, on which he sat wrapped in a blanket, but looking, as I thought on first seeing him, quite bright and cheerful. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z
A flat car was rapidly rigged up with plank benches. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z
We rigged up a cook stove inside the schoolhouse—if you’d ever see it! The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z
The watch, up to their waists in water, splashed about collecting the squawking chickens, and driving the bewildered swine into a temporary shelter, rigged up under the topgallant forecastle. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z
“No; but it wouldn’t take long to rig up a temporary wooden platform and framework over the after-part of the vessel to serve as a landing-stage.” King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z
But in ignorance of all the cruel things that were being said about him, Harry was at the river with his chums, busily helping Paul rig up his iceboat. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z
“I might rig up one of the string telephones we used to make with tin baking powder boxes that served both as transmitter and receiver.” The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z
"More than half the time he should have a big tent over his head and be rigged up like a clown." The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z
Father dressed me up in red slippers and white stockings, red dress and mantilla, and rigged up a flower-booth for me—said it brought custom. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z
They found that Captain Bodgers had rigged up the boy in a sailor’s suit much too large for him. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z
When your affair promised to become difficult for me, I rigged up this spot. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z
Let’s rig up our radio and see if we can’t pick up their concert, just for luck. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z
He loved to show off the Thanatron, the infamous "suicide machine" he rigged up to let his patients self-administer lethal levels of narcotics. The Life and Deaths of Jack Kevorkian (1928-2011) 2011-06-03T17:40:00Z
A week later, Challoner rigged up a simple contrivance depending upon strong leverage—one that would do the work of a man much more easily. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z
Barricades rigged up, communication trenches which now ran to our Front blocked up, the trench made to fire the other way. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
An ingenious fellow had rigged up a swing, and so adjusted it that he could toss people from his house on to the roof of the theatre to the ventilation hole. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z
The very day, too, that we decided to rig up the radio. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z
I used to say sometimes 'Oh, I wish I could have a hard part; I am tired of rigging up to show my legs. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z
In the day time the red-men and their squaws, rigged up in their plumes and war paint, hung round Brad-dock's camp, and gazed spell-bound at the troops as they went through their drills. The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable 2011-05-23T02:00:10.807Z
"Well, suppose you rig up a switch and circuit here, so you can give these singing coyotes some of the same medicine?" laughed Merritt. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z
It is an excellent plan to rig up a wherry in this way for a cruise, as good accommodation for a large party is secured, and the interior can be well divided into several sleeping-rooms.  The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z
After some further conversation, all returned to where the boys had rigged up the radio. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z
She took him away from the group in a few minutes and led him toward the American bar she had rigged up for the party. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z
Now it's quite easy to rig up a Prussian flag. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z
That is just the way our old Tom used to sit on the back fence and talk to the moon till I rigged up a wire along there and connected it with our electric circuit. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z
We got up very early, and were moored in a convenient spot, and all rigged up ready to start before the mist had risen off the water.  The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z
So she rigged up a wooden pipe that connected her toilet to a rainwater gutter that flushed a nearby public latrine. Anatomy of a 14th Century Asbo 2011-04-05T07:10:28Z
It is to be presumed, that Gregory had six scarecrows rigged up for that occasion also. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z
Then, after hauling up a climbing rope, I rig up my mechanical ascenders and inch my way skyward. Scientist at Work: Why Do Animals Sleep? 2011-03-18T11:14:50Z
He had two Gay Islanders rig up a screen between the wheel and the taffrail. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z
I did so as far as I could, and then one night we procured a rope, and I rigged up a ship’s block on a stoutish cross-beam, took a lantern, and Pengelly let me down.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z
She was not at first recognized as an enemy, because she had rigged up a dummy funnel, and made herself look something like a Union Castle liner. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z
Through this they directed the igarité, and, favoured by a breeze blowing right upon their stern, they rigged up their rude sail. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z
Huxham had rigged up the light on the flat roof, between the sloping tiles, but Vand had transferred it to the quarter deck, which was slung round the chimney. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z
We got to rig up some grub into packs, hoof it to the nearest canoncito, and reach the Rio Grande. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z
Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said preliminary findings showed the device was made with an 81 mm mortar bomb rigged up to a timing device, although police said it was detonated by mobile phone. Manila bus bomb similar to devices used in south 2011-01-26T09:25:20Z
The guns had been rigged up on temporary field carriages, designed by some bold man, which would have made an official in the Royal Gun-carriage Factory turn ill with horror. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z
I can have my chair inside when it storms; an' what a place we'll rig up to sleep in! Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z
Ben Dixon stood staring fixedly at the apparatus rigged up in a shed running up to the spirals strung to tree tops near the old barn. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z
That evening we got the dog harness ready, and rigged up a toboggan for the trail, loading it with food, bedding, and a small, light tent. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z
But Baker wasn't playing games: the system was rigged up to a computer running to interpret the movement data being gathered by the system. Kinect hackers control the action 2011-01-16T00:02:02Z
Many of the men, however, preferred the fresh open air to the tents, and rigged up their bivouacs as usual. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z
At Mr. Reid's request, Mr. Kit-ze had rigged up a new and a more substantial roof along the ridgepole and its supporting framework. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z
Why, I have to think it is some person who has rigged up an old station somewhere in range, and is trying to tell something he is too ignorant to express clearly. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z
"We must rig up some kind of a raft, I reckon, an' then stretch one of the heavin' lines so's she can be pulled back and forth without too much work." A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z
What wonder that he looked almost despairingly at the tow-line—a wretched contrivance hastily rigged up by joining together all the ropes and thongs that the canoe contained? Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z
Evidently he rigged up a furnace and melted the metal into useable form. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z
A derisive procession was formed, and two fellows were rigged up to personate the husband and wife. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z
“I only hope we can really rig up a plant at my house like you talk about,” he added eagerly. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z
Like most inventors, Shanks spent long evenings working at home, where Janice would "find all sorts of contraptions rigged up". Professor Ian Shanks: 'It's nice to have been able to help tens of millions of people around the world in controlling their diabetes' 2010-12-02T20:30:00Z
Smolke and her team rigged up RNA molecules that work a bit like a security system that is tuned to be triggered by only one type of intruder. RNA, Obey 2010-11-29T16:33:00Z
It can take some fiddling to get a system rigged up to your TV, but the big impediments have faded. Best-kept secret: Media Center is still in Windows 2010-10-10T04:45:00Z
The miners have already created a canal of fresh water and they have been using electricity from a truck engine to rig up lighting deep inside the copper mine, apparently creating a makeshift refuge. Q&A: the trapped Chilean miners 2010-08-23T16:27:00Z
Ben swung back luxuriously in a hammock they had rigged up in one corner of the room. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z
In his film “Dreams Come True,” to be released next week, North Korean soldiers posted to the DMZ rig up illicit broadcasts of South Korea’s historic advance to the semifinals in 2002. For the 2 Koreas, Joint Appearance at World Cup Turns Sour 2010-05-19T11:50:00Z
The researchers asked the volunteers to say which of the mug shots they recognised, while rigged up to the brain-scanning fMRI device. Brain scans 'may help spot liars' 2010-05-10T23:26:00Z
Mr. McNutt rigged up a few prototypes and found they confirmed his basic hypothesis. A Desk That Allows You to Stand or Sit 2010-04-21T23:35:00Z
The past bitter times were forgotten, and the men had rigged up an arch of evergreens. The Parson O' Dumford
“You can come down to the house with me if you like and get some stuff that will help you rig up your home-made wireless.” The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z
We rigged up some plaited bamboo at the bottom of each to place the provisions on, in order to prevent them from getting wet in case the kayaks should leak. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896
After his first trip, machine guns were rigged up to welcome him the next time he came and the sappers mounted a 13-pounder to fire as an anti-aircraft gun. A Kut Prisoner
"If I could only rig up some way to row the thing!" Stranded in Arcady
"We must rig up a pulley, then," said Spite. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
You shall have a good supper, and I’m sure my mother will let me rig up a comfortable bed for you in the garret.” The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z
By this means a craft perfectly capable of carrying us over lanes and short bits of open sea could have been rigged up in a very short space of time. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896
A feature of Kut which will not be forgotten was the little chapel which our padre rigged up in one of the few remaining upper rooms of the battered Serai. A Kut Prisoner
It was talked over for an hour, and orders were finally given by the superintendent to rig up the Double Header and get against the snow as quick as it could be made ready. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories
First of all," said Pipe, who now took command, "we must try to rig up another boat. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
Well, now, I must say, I was never much of a hand at such things, and really I can’t imagine what one could rig up. Into the Primitive
Meanwhile we will rig up wooden grips on our sledges, and try to make the kayaks water-tight. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896
They were used for cutting brushwood, rigging up shelters in the woods, killing sheep, or chopping up meat, as required. A Kut Prisoner
Utilizing some pieces of wreck-wood, shaped roughly with the clasp-knife, they rigged up a kind of spit, which promised at least to prevent the necessity of our devouring the turkey raw. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne
There now followed an anxious period during which more and more of the electrical system began to function as the men labored to rig up emergency wires, and to replace burned out bulbs and lines. The Secret of the Ninth Planet
Harding knew you would be flying home in that vicinity on that night and rigged up this contrivance to delude you.” The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship
I could well have believed that Kennedy could rig up some means of communication. The Social Gangster
Wi’ the wreckage, the most we could do was to dig out the dead an’ wounded an’ rig up for connin’ ship from aft. Sea-Hounds
But we might build a hut there, and rig up a sort of camp, and then, if the whole lot of us came, we could have a regular ripping time. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story
Just to see if he meant what he said, some of the boys rigged up a scarecrow dummy, and carefully pushed it over the line one evening after supper. The King of Arcadia
A block and tackle is rigged up and we have repeated tugs of war, during which I get my hands very grimy and receive a number of friendly admonitions not to work too hard. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York
"I suppose you will want to rig up a sail, too?" The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure
An awning was rigged up over the man at the wheel. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895
We launched the boat, towed it to the crossing and rigged up a rope ferry. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858
We are rigging up a grapple just as fast as we can. Astounding Stories, August, 1931
After a time they quarreled and rigged up a worthless boat with which they set sail for home. The Greater Republic A History of the United States
A dressing station had been rigged up in the cellar underneath. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire
But what a devil he is to rig up such an elaborate hoax! The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium
“Well, some message came down from the castle, that’s all I know of, but they’re rigging up the platform on the square, so it looks like some show or other.” A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War
The lever which controlled both increase and decrease could be worked from inside the chamber if he rigged up a system of turning it with a wire or rope. Astounding Stories, August, 1931
I’m in favor of rigging up some other patent medicine and going right ahead with the business. Young Wallingford
A barn occupied by men of the Horse Guards Blue was ingeniously rigged up by its temporary tenants. The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire
After you two had cleared, I rigged up the real thing, and it consisted of I shouldn’t like to say how many pounds of dynamite. In the Whirl of the Rising
Suppose we rig up a strong resting place for this stuff in my car. Tillie
I have seen little boys and girls thus rig up a small chapel in the streets of Rome, and go through the mass and other ceremonies with intense interest. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series
Now then, it should not be a very difficult job for us to rig up a dummy which would have somewhat the appearance of a lad lying on the bed as if asleep. The Minute Boys of Boston
The record is rigged up, though we haven't had to use it. Accidental Flight
We had dinner in the open, under the waggon sail which I had rigged up as shelter from the sun, and which now did duty to give shelter from the dew. A Frontier Mystery
But he called to an attendant to rig up a similar bullock-skin and to spread mats, not even rugs, for his visitors. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion
Next, he gathered wiring and rigged up a remote-control board that would enable him to open the ship's hatches from sanctuary inside the tuberoom. Deepfreeze
The typical scene below the bridge was of Mead in his singlet rigging up a line, whereon towels, socks and other properties were soon in the sun; while mattresses aired over the cargo-hatch tarpaulin. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday
When she comes back, we'll rig up a place where there's no gravity. Accidental Flight
Get that stuff out of the hold, rig up power-sledges, and start freighting it up to the camp. The World with a Thousand Moons
Jim had his own shower bath rigged up in his own closet. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade
By this time one of the other boys would be free to help rig up the tent and another would fetch water. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine
I wouldn’t put it beyond her and her confederates to have rigged up a transmitting instrument of some sort which the woman could carry on her person and attach to the wire when needed.” Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories
We believe we can make one and a half inch stuff from it by rigging up a staging and converting our one bucksaw into a jigsaw with a man above and one below. The Last Cruise of the Saginaw
He had rigged up some kind of force field around him. The Variable Man
I am going to rig up a combination of walls that will reverberate sounds, most of which will die before they reach the drum of the ear. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888
Well, in the circus they have a king rigged up on a throne. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine
Willie Anderson’s brand-new boat lay at the pier, and he had rigged up a little gangway trimmed with ivy between it and the shore. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl
We rigged up a pump and filled the bunkers till they were topped off full. The Knights of Arthur
He rigged up a studio in his father's barn, using a north loft door for light and essayed certain things from memory, but there was no making anything come out right. The "Genius"
Hafner called them in and rigged up an alarm system in the field most frequented by the animal. Student Body
He had a spigot rigged up in one end and an old tin cup, with which he dealt out the seductive beverage to such as would pay. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran
Coincidentally one of my C. I. friends tells me Benson had him rig up a gross of automatic releases for gas cylinders. Political Application
It would be a cinch to rig up a flashlight bulb and battery inside one. The Blue Ghost Mystery
When the courses were over, a space was cleared at one end and a screen of green cloth rigged up in one corner as a dressing room for stunts. The "Genius"
Jim rigged up the bath in our flat kitchen with a lot of care. Cupid's Middleman
They strained their eyes to see it: they spent their strength in rigging up a tattered garment or two to serve as a signal of distress. Under False Pretences A Novel
A hammock had been rigged up on the sunny side of the deck and to this he was carried. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers
Up on the ice I was working on that problem, and had managed secretly to rig up a contrivance that would have done the trick. Astounding Stories, July, 1931
He usually carried it with him into a little tent-chamber, which was rigged up near the lion's cage. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877
Though it might be easier to rig up a coiled bi-metallic strip. The Ethical Engineer
Here’s a box one can sit on, and we’ll rig up seats for the others somehow.” Jack Winters' Campmates
I downed a couple of quick shots then nursed a third, thinking about the time out near Jupiter when Willy had rigged up a still and brewed some powerful concoction. Jack of No Trades
"Oh, it's lots of fun," Dotty replied; "everybody is rigged up in sheets, with a head-thing made of a pillow-case, and a little white mask over your face, so nobody knows you." Two Little Women
There was always the chance that the occupant of the suite had rigged up a really old-fashioned trap. Thin Edge
The water was coming in right there, and the men would not rig up the tackle to move the cargo. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht
He had been excused from classes early to go home and "rig up" for the occasion; and he certainly was—as Lance Darby said from the head automobile—"a sight for gods and men!" The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won
Well," said Willy warming up to the subject a little, "I rigged up a timing unit. Jack of No Trades
We’ll rig up some sort of a floating buoy there and then give the place a wide berth. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars
The boys were pretty wet before they had got their shelter rigged up, but the fire was strong and warm, though it hissed vigorously as the heavy drops fell from the branches of the fir. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts
Meanwhile, I hope the Minneconsin rigs up a jury tackle pretty soon and takes us on board. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930
He worked at his trade more or less, having rigged up a steel device on the stump of his right forearm that would hold a saw, a plane or a hammer. In the Heart of a Fool
De Mexicans rig up flat-boats out in de middle de river, tied to stakes with rope. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1
I’m rigging up a jigger to separate the ore until I can get capital to start up the mill. Shadow Mountain
Bustling round, making the fire, cooking, rigging up their camp, eating supper, fishing—all those things had kept at bay the silence and loneliness which now seemed to settle down upon them like a pall. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts
The others remained to help Bruce rig up the shears and put the block and tackle into place. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters
There he cleansed the wound, rigged up a tight bandage for it, and tied the man to one of the cots. Astounding Stories, April, 1931
Still we might rig up a bow and arrow.' The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice
He left Hart clearing out the room he kept flour and meal in––being the cleanest––trying to rig up for his aunt some sort of a bunking-place. Santa Fé's Partner Being Some Memorials of Events in a New-Mexican Track-end Town
He was quite familiar with the task of rigging up something to take the place of an oar. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts
He had decided to rig up a connection to McIlvaine's machine and do a little talking to the old fellow, making him believe Guru was coming through in English. McIlvaine's Star
Charlie fell to work at once, mounting another electromagnet beside the one he had set up, and rigging up two more X-ray bulbs beside the packing box which held the meteor. Astounding Stories, March, 1931
Barney waved them an amiable farewell and was about to go when he noticed a plump old man sitting in the stern of the boat among other anglers, rigging up his tackle. Gone Fishing
I rigged up an arm and put it out the window the afternoon I left, hoping Beth would come down and see it, but we’ve got a jim dandy one now.” Our Next-Door Neighbors
Well, for instance she learns that you can rig up a hypnotic ray from a flashlight battery, a piece of bamboo, and a few lengths of wire. Sjambak
So I worked in secret, rigging up the apparatus. Slaves of Mercury
They could rig up some kind of a bailer; they could bring out thousands of dollars at a time. Two Thousand Miles Below
From Spuzzum to Lytton the river ledges seemed almost impassable for pack animals; yet a cable ferry was rigged up at Spuzzum and mules were sent over the ledges to draw it up the river. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia
All right, then, if that’s true why don’t you tell us something about the interests and the profiteers and all them dirty games the capitalists is rigging up? The Crimson Tide A Novel
Tom had caused a comfortable bed to be rigged up for me in the gig, so that I was not obliged to dress, but simply got out of one bed into another. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam'
Captain and Mrs. Sherwood had a miserable little cabin rigged up on deck, made only of canvas, and with a huge gun filling more than half the space. The Fairchild Family
The work bench light can be rigged up the same way and a 75 or 100 Watt nitrogen lamp used. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair
If the pan showed a deposit, the miner rigged up a rocker—a contraption resembling a cradle with rockers below, about four feet from end to end, two feet across, and two deep. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia
It was a mighty faint answer he gave back, and when me and Tom had rigged up the chair again we found we had a sick man on our hands. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas
A dismantled electronic projector––necessary when a long-range gun was mounted––had been rigged up in one of the deck ports. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930
In that time I can rig up the big transmitter. The End of Time
I have rigged up a first-rate tent, made out of cart-cover, with a sort of enclosed dressing-room for washing, etc., attached. War Letters of a Public-School Boy
Also tell him to have Davis rig up a demagnetizer large enough to demagnetize the motors of a transport plane and bring it down here to fix up General Merton's ship. The Great Drought
So I rigged up an automatic break in the circuit, timed it to permit us to get up enough speed from the repulsion to be safely on our way before it would start. Pirates of the Gorm
We can hire a cat-boat about twenty feet long, and she'll be big enough, so that we can rig up a canvas cabin at night. Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
The unwilling boy was rigged up with Miss Harby's umbrella, and set off. The Rainbow
He sent Slip over to drag away one of the young men from his game, and they rigged up two square trunks and a waterproof tarpaulin into an operating table. The River Prophet
The engineers must have rigged up some sort of scaffolding, I suppose, but it seems incredible. Round the Wonderful World
He rigged up a header attachment to a row-boat, and nipped the heads off at the surface of the water. Oklahoma Sunshine
But if you'd a' seen the fellows that took part in the concert, you'd a' died, the way they were rigged up! Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro
A few days later I rigged up a wagon, took along three Mexicans with axes, and cut a load of Christmas trees—I think there were some three hundred in the load. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer
His badge secured him an entrance and he found Casey busily engaged in rigging up an elaborate piece of apparatus on one of the balconies where guards were normally stationed during banking hours. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930
“I suppose you—you think it funny to see me rigged up like this?” The Dust Flower
"You get the wood, Jack, and I'll rig up the shelter and clean the fish," said Henry Burns. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill
Or one might even rig up a smoking hogshead in an attic, providing the chimney were tall enough to cool smoke properly—and lead smoke out to it through a length of drain pipe. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South
No, Samantha, no money will make me rig up like a female woman right here in a fashionable summer resort, before everybody. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands
Our first duty here will be to rig up a jury foremast. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson
Ike and Tommy know that Aunt Patty is awfully scared of Tramps, and so they rig up this figure, and knock at the door. Harper's Young People, January 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
We rigged up a sail; but there was something the matter with it, and it kept flopping about, and wasn't much good, but anyhow it looked nice. Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
It wasn't so hard to get the presents as it was to rig up his Santa Claus dress. How Mr. Rabbit Lost his Tail Hollow Tree Stories
She was 'bout ten dat day and she and de chillun make me rig up some harness for de billy goat and hitch him to a toy wagon. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4
By using the boom as a mast, and another smaller spar as a boom, they could rig up such a sail as would carry the Catamaran through the water with considerable velocity. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea
True, there was the “dead-fall” that might be rigged up in a few minutes from logs that lay near; but that could only fall once, crushing one victim, unless Ossaroo sat up to rearrange it. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains
It's on our land, and I've got a pigeon rig up there. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59
You told me you was all alone here, but I see as you’ve got two bedrooms rigged up here. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure
“Immaculate evening dress,” as we call the garb of a man who is rigged up in imitation of the elusive but energetic restaurant waiter, has rarely been more humorously attacked. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905
Then it rained, and we had to rig up our blanket hutches in record time, while our guest sped to his tent. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition
My best friend lived right across the street, and we rigged up a line from my window to hers on which we sent little notes by pulling the line around. A Portrait of Old George Town
A table was quickly rigged up and with three clerks to assist him, Mr. Smith prepared to make up the roster of the Gautier forces. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin
"Wait, Amy, I'll rig up something," called the cripple; and by the aid of a rope, a barrel stave, and some wire he managed to hang the pails on either side Pepita's saddle. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life
Maybe we can rig up some sort of trap that will do the work without killin' 'em. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades
That night it rained, as usual, and as we had not had time to rig up any shelters, or even dry our blankets, we came in for another good wetting. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition
Some newspapers, brought by the captain, were spread before him on a rough reading stand rigged up by one of the miners. That Girl Montana
“For testing purposes, our apparatus is so rigged up that we can hear, in this room, exactly what goes out over the wires,” the manager explained. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room
He found the sled overturned, some distance from where he had left it, and hurriedly rigged up the tent on a suitable place on the bank. Colorado Jim
"I know how to rig up a figure-four trap that will fool the wisest of them." The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades
He had been rigged up in that paraphernalia to deceive any chance mountaineer who might drop into the valley by accident. Brand Blotters
Tell Rudolf to rig up a wagon and bring rations and water for the men. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories
"Some day I'm going to rig up a turbine wheel and attach a dynamo to it, so we can have electric light here," declared Bud. The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X
Angela discarded her smaller pack and came to help him rig up the tent. Colorado Jim
The table was rigged up and we sat down to it as before. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine
He had a good deal of work done in the Empire Trust, and rigged up a phonograph with a lot of loud speakers in different parts of the basement. The Rat Racket
Then he called the engineer over and bade him rig up and launch the portable canoe. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories
I will have some sort of litter rigged up and we will carry you. The Pools of Silence
They were thus able to draw very near us before the man at the helm had contrived to rig up a makeshift tiller out of a splinter off the gunwale. Athelstane Ford
Immediately then we four boys rigged up in our thickest old coats and mittens, and set off—with salt dish—to get the sheep home. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine
Making their way to the depression in the ground where the Haussas of "A" and "B" Companies were lying, the two officers set a couple of men to work to rig up a dummy soldier. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force
The "ground" was the port side of the quarter-deck, nets being rigged up to prevent the ball getting very much in touch with the sea. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War
It was rigged up for the occasion as it has been many a time before.” Anna the Adventuress
And it will all come out pretty soon, for court is still in session and all they've got to do is to rig up their jury after the inquest and go ahead. The Jucklins A Novel
Thanks.—They rig up lies which, Tom Wilton, my old and trusted friend, tells me, will incriminate Berne Webster. No Clue A Mystery Story
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