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The $700 Ai Pin, funded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft, can be helpful — until it struggles with tasks like doing math, our columnist writes.

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O.J. Simpson, Athlete Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76

He ran to football fame on the field and made fortunes in movies. But his world was ruined after he was charged with killing his former wife and her friend.

Nadal is triumphant after unforgettable Wimbledon epic

By the time it was over, at 9.15pm, it had become almost impossible to see the ball, yet all eyes remained riveted. There was, after all, an extraordinary afterglow, provided by arguably the greatest tennis match ever played.

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repo

n. Informal., pl. -pos.
A repurchase agreement.

[Shortening and alteration of REPURCHASE AGREEMENT.]

re·po² (rē'pō') 
n. Informal., pl. -pos.

1. Repossession of merchandise or property from a buyer who has defaulted on payment.
2. Repossessed merchandise or property.

afterglow
noun [C usually singular or U]
a pleasant feeling produced after an experience, event, feeling, etc:
The team were basking in the afterglow of winning the cup.


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rivet Show phonetics

noun [C]
a metal pin used to fasten flat pieces of metal or other thick materials such as leather

rivet
verb [T]
1 to fasten together with a rivet:
Many parts of an aircraft are riveted together.

2 be riveted to not be able to stop looking at something because it is so interesting or frightening:
It was an amazing film - I was absolutely riveted.
His eyes were riveted on the television.
He pulled out a gun and I was riveted to the spot (= so frightened that I could not move).

riveting
adjective
extremely interesting:
It was a riveting story.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
━━ n., vt. びょう［リベット］（で留める，を打つ） ((on, to, together)); （愛情を）固める, 厚くする; （心・視線を）集中する, ひきつける ((on, upon)).
riv・et・er　━━ n.
rivet gun　（自動式）リベット打込機.
riv・et・ing　━━ a. 面白い, かっこいい, いかす.

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n. (名詞 noun)

1. 鉚釘[C]

vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)

1. 鉚,鉚接
They riveted the steel beams together.
他們把鋼樑鉚接在一起。
2. 固定;釘牢
Amy stood riveted to the spot and gazed at the entrance.
艾美一動不動站在那裡,並緊盯著入口。
3. 集中(目光、注意力);吸引[(+on/to)]
Something in his appearance riveted our attention.
他外表的某些特徵吸引了我們的注意力。
He was riveted by the ancient pagoda.
他的注意力被那座古塔吸引住了。

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