hogged

verb

past tense of hog
as in monopolized

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  1. monopolized
  2. consumed
  3. engrossed
Verb
  • While customers drawn by the deal monopolized tables to gorge on order after order of shrimp, restaurants ran out of shrimp and turned away regular customers.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Dishwasher racks are valuable real estate that shouldn’t be monopolized by your cat and his Fancy Feast.
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of monopolized
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  • As she becomes consumed with finding out who Morris Burke is, grief gives way to an increasingly obsessive search.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Include the agent or capability ID so finance can trace spend to what consumed it.
    — Alec Scott, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of consumed
Verb
  • In one inexhaustible untitled image from 1980, the couple sits in elegant dress at a candlelit table engrossed in each other’s company, while the young, shirtless son adjusts the channel on a television perched on the near side of the same table.
    — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • After traveling to Oakland from Colorado, Lori Schott read aloud a diary entry from her daughter, Annalee, who died by suicide at 18 after becoming engrossed with Meta’s apps.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of engrossed
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“Hogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogged. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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