hog wild

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Recent Examples of hog wild Imagine that some program that got approved to use the API goes hog wild. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 Two years ago, Washington went hog wild with unemployment benefits and there was a big growth bang. WSJ, 30 June 2022 Hunters in Hays and Caldwell counties are about to go hog wild. Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Jan. 2022 Cincinnati fans go hog wild for their Flying Pig Marathon. Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2021 It’s my deep suspicion that if the USGA and R&A allowed the equipment companies to go hog wild and create equipment for recreational players, companies like Callaway, TaylorMade and Titleist would revolutionize the game for hackers. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2021 But Green Bay seems destined for another NFC North bid, while a deep NFC West (every team has won at least two) is threatening to hog wild-card bids. Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020 Bacon lovers, get ready to go hog wild over Dunkin's newest item. Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2020 The campaign to prevent wild hogs from going hog wild in Montana was outlined at a conference hosted Friday by the Montana Invasive Species Council. USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog wild
Adjective
  • Here instead were a new brand of barbaric creatures that could take chase at a terrifyingly relentless clip.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 June 2025
  • Many of the American soldiers who liberated the concentration camps were stunned that an advanced country like Germany could turn so barbaric.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • While not made from the same fabric, the Target pair is still breathable and cooling, with stretch that won’t cling and allows for uninhibited movement.
    Shea Simmons, People.com, 15 June 2025
  • The surveillance aspects of AI systems also pose risks to the kind of uninhibited exploration that genuine play requires.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • With vibrant, squiggly animation that relies heavily on archival imagery and a riotous sense of rhythm, Odermatt delivers a short that is both a parody and a love letter to one of opera and pop culture’s greatest 20th century icons.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 June 2025
  • Devil May Cry Perhaps the show most tonally opposite to The Last of Us on this list, Netflix’s Devil May Cry is a riotous, colorful blast of punk energy.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 26 May 2025
Adjective
  • Alana even obliged to share the story of her wildest worst date — a saga that manages to incorporate those key themes of maintaining a strong sense of humor, and knowing when to cut and run.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2025
  • The final product is an unpredictable, wild ride full of suspense, fun, and classic horror gore.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Commenters had a lot to say, and many of them highlighted an often uncontrollable difference between generations: financial insecurity.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 26 June 2025
  • In both cases, the objective was to signal strength while minimizing the chance of escalation into uncontrollable conflict.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

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“Hog wild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog%20wild. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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