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also hog
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 hogs
Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Media hogs will be happy to learn that Apple doubled the base storage from 128GB to 256GB without changing the price.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
Three barns were destroyed in the fire, and about 6,000 hogs and pigs were killed.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Bennington said the hog waste stored below the buildings was contained, with no concern for impacts on surrounding groundwater.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
The truck was full of hogs, Lennie said.
—Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Pigs possess complex social dynamics but spend their entire short life crowded into hog houses.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026
State Highway 130 has a stretch with a speed limit of eighty-five miles an hour, the highest in the country; the night the road opened, three cars crashed into feral hogs.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
The new facility aims to increase slaughter numbers to 22,000 hogs a day while maintaining a comparable workforce of 3,200 employees.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
Roses should not be seen as nutrient hogs, because that’s simply not true.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Media hogs will be happy to learn that Apple doubled the base storage from 128GB to 256GB without changing the price.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
Three barns were destroyed in the fire, and about 6,000 hogs and pigs were killed.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Bennington said the hog waste stored below the buildings was contained, with no concern for impacts on surrounding groundwater.
—CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
The truck was full of hogs, Lennie said.
—Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Pigs possess complex social dynamics but spend their entire short life crowded into hog houses.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2026
State Highway 130 has a stretch with a speed limit of eighty-five miles an hour, the highest in the country; the night the road opened, three cars crashed into feral hogs.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
The new facility aims to increase slaughter numbers to 22,000 hogs a day while maintaining a comparable workforce of 3,200 employees.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogs
Noun
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Per the notice in the Star, at least 150 men were expected to attend, and a local man named John Bertermann provided the pigs for the evening.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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The farm was previously owned by her grandparents, who Dowle said owned several agriculture businesses through the years, from a fruit stand to a cattle dairy to pigs, calves and chickens.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But that’s exactly how unlimited campaign spending monopolizes our politics.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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But that’s exactly how unlimited campaign spending monopolizes our politics.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Plug-in solar generates electricity rather than consumes it.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
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Solving this peculiar whodunit is anything but predictable, and the case consumes seasoned detective Homer (Richard Jenkins) as well as young crimes officer Jodie (Joy Sunday).—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Hogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogs. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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