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Recent Examples of pigpen No pigpen-cleanup required! Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021 If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end? Kevin Scarbinsky | Special To Al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022 Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen. Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022 Turns out, the previous owner, Mr. Ross, was using the truck’s door as a door for his pigpen. A.j. Baime, WSJ, 24 July 2018 Now on the same day Zuck had cleaned out the pigpen, and luckily was still wearing high boots. Longreads, 22 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigpen
Noun
  • Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.
    Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
  • New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.
    Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 15 June 2017
Noun
  • Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • And the ungrateful pig got a solid slap from the pigsty owners.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Even before the credits start to unspool, Star Wars fashion, director Richard Lester lets fly with a series of slapstick sight gags that pile disaster on disaster until only Superman himself can untangle the mess.
    Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
  • The Doheny Longboard Surfing Association also gathers in the early-morning hours at the Dana Point beach to clean up the crowd’s mess.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Toronto has plenty of holes in the roster to add talent.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • It's rumored that there are 18 holes on a course because there are 18 shots in a bottle of scotch.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • For patients with eyelid infections, this buildup is a common cause of dryness, itchiness, eyelash loss and even recurrent sties.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
  • Vance's office announced the trip on Sunday, describing it as one dedicated to learning about Greenlandic culture with stops at historical sties and its national dogsled race.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Pigpen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigpen. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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