as in pig
one who eats greedily or too much
if I had known that my guests were going to be such hogs, I would have prepared twice as much food
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as in pigs
one who eats greedily or too much
if I had known that my guests were going to be such hogs, I would have prepared twice as much food
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Recent Examples of hog
Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Remember that pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.
—Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Adam Tamburin, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Besides that, the Show 8 still has great sound and a perfect-size screen for seeing the weather and reading recipes without hogging too much counter or tablespace.
—Parker Hall, Wired News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Other significant storage hogs included 33.92GB of Photos, 16.37GB of Spotify, and an unexpected 7.63GB in Notes.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Remember that pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.
—Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Win or lose, this approach ensures that vouchers won't hog the spotlight for the rest of the regular legislative session, which kicks into gear next month.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Besides that, the Show 8 still has great sound and a perfect-size screen for seeing the weather and reading recipes without hogging too much counter or tablespace.
—Parker Hall, Wired News, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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