as in hog
one who eats greedily or too much
all-you-can-eat buffets seem to encourage some people to become shameless pigs
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Recent Examples of pig
As of Sunday, 278 cats, 30 dogs and dozens of other animals including geese, chickens, turkeys, goats and pigs had been transported to San Diego Humane Society or county Animal Services facilities.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2026
Some view the trade as unethical, but Americans already eat more than 130 million pigs every year, and pig, cow and even shark tissue have long been used in medical settings.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 3 May 2026
More than four years after a 77-year-old man walked into a Florida hospital with pain in his chest, a new report says preparing and eating feral pig meat was the likely cause of the man’s yearslong infection.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Meet resident pigs Mabel and Martha, and Hank, a nearly 2-month-old black calf and the farm's future herd leader.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2026
Some view the trade as unethical, but Americans already eat more than 130 million pigs every year, and pig, cow and even shark tissue have long been used in medical settings.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 3 May 2026
More than four years after a 77-year-old man walked into a Florida hospital with pain in his chest, a new report says preparing and eating feral pig meat was the likely cause of the man’s yearslong infection.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Meet resident pigs Mabel and Martha, and Hank, a nearly 2-month-old black calf and the farm's future herd leader.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig
hog
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Paired with a 8-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive, the CX-90 has plenty of get up and go, while not being a gas hog on the road.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Paired with a 8-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive, the CX-90 has plenty of get up and go, while not being a gas hog on the road.—
Marc D. Grasso,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2026
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“Pig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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