hogged

Definition of hoggednext
past tense of hog

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Verb
  • The county’s lawsuit, filed April 1, came a year after the Board of Supervisors agreed to look into legal or advocacy actions targeting the corporations that the county and city now say have monopolized the fire truck manufacturing industry.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The jury ruled unanimously in favor of the plaintiffs, a coalition of 33 states and the District of Columbia, which argued that Live Nation’s monopolized the market for ticketing and used its muscle to force artists to play its venues.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Vermeer, in short, grew up in a world where the living consumed the departed.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But as Dhillon continues to stumble in court, online content is the primary medium by which her work is designed to be consumed.
    Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The supplemental budget was engrossed into law on March 18.
    Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • What engrossed him and his team was the Alto’s graphical display, which was destined to make the text-only displays of contemporary computers obsolete.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Hogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogged. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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