as in hogs
one who eats greedily or too much
all-you-can-eat buffets seem to encourage some people to become shameless pigs
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Recent Examples of pigs
In August 2024, about 1,100 pigs were killed in Versailles, a village about 50 miles northwest of Dayton, Ohio, according to data from the nonprofit Animal Welfare Institute.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Free-living non-native pigs east of the Wallace Line exhibit complex genomes that suggest waves of prehistoric human translocations.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Nonnative livestock — not just horses and cows but also donkeys, pigs and sheep — thrived in the vast grasslands, plains and deserts of the New World.
—Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Children enjoy visiting the farm's resident animals, which include sheep, goats, alpacas, pigs, and hens.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
Some are violent in nature, showing guns pointing at the oppressive establishment, usually portrayed as pigs.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
All the chickens, turkeys, goats, and pigs carry a certain odor, their makeshift habitat a distinct unsightliness, which disagree with Bruce and his husband Darrell’s more regal tastes.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
Erick Rocha leads the pastry program, crafting conchas filled with yuzu or corn husk curds, hazelnut-praline-chocolate chip cookies, cajeta brioche, and marranitos, Mexican gingerbread cookies charmingly shaped like pigs, served with dark, single-origin Oaxacan coffee.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
Until this year Chablé’s programming largely focused on adults but anew farm space presents kid-friendly introductions to farming and gardening and includes a petting zoo with especially social pigs, goats, rabbits, and miniature horses and burros.
—John Newton, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Free-living non-native pigs east of the Wallace Line exhibit complex genomes that suggest waves of prehistoric human translocations.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Nonnative livestock — not just horses and cows but also donkeys, pigs and sheep — thrived in the vast grasslands, plains and deserts of the New World.
—Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Children enjoy visiting the farm's resident animals, which include sheep, goats, alpacas, pigs, and hens.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2026
Some are violent in nature, showing guns pointing at the oppressive establishment, usually portrayed as pigs.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
All the chickens, turkeys, goats, and pigs carry a certain odor, their makeshift habitat a distinct unsightliness, which disagree with Bruce and his husband Darrell’s more regal tastes.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
Erick Rocha leads the pastry program, crafting conchas filled with yuzu or corn husk curds, hazelnut-praline-chocolate chip cookies, cajeta brioche, and marranitos, Mexican gingerbread cookies charmingly shaped like pigs, served with dark, single-origin Oaxacan coffee.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
Until this year Chablé’s programming largely focused on adults but anew farm space presents kid-friendly introductions to farming and gardening and includes a petting zoo with especially social pigs, goats, rabbits, and miniature horses and burros.
—John Newton, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigs
hogs
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Firefighters saved one barn and about 1,500 hogs, the fire chief added.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Bennington said the hog waste stored below the buildings was contained, with no concern for impacts on surrounding groundwater.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Pigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigs. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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