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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog wild
Adjective
  • The origins of that industry really are self-help cults from the '70s that use these really kind of barbaric behavioral therapy modification programs.
    Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • To be clear, political violence is barbaric and horrifying.
    Billy Eichner, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And their intention is either pure, uninhibited relaxation or highly personalized holistic retreats that the resort refers to as Wellness Paths.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
  • That’s been a beautiful part of our relationship that has been new and uninhibited.
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Reid’s score alternates between rhapsody and pandemonium, with the latter winning out in a riotous coda.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Not only that, Liverpool’s second summer transfer window under him was riotous (unprecedented, really, for the club and the Premier League), rendering miracles unnecessary.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Each frame evokes the gauzy coziness and charm of peak-era '80s horror films such as Silver Bullet (1985), with its wilder elements anchored by a murderers' row of accomplished performers.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the energy costs involved in finishing the wall will take a brutal toll on wild species.
    Ganesh Marín, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The ransom notes that followed stirred up an uncontrollable press storm, but when the culprits fell silent, the police faltered, and Catriona and Adam were never seen again.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • These faulty proteins accumulate in a deep brain structure called the striatum and cause symptoms such as uncontrollable movements, muscle spasms and cognitive decline that worsen over time.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Hog wild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog%20wild. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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