as in hogs
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 pigs
Corn was known for feeding farm animals, like chickens and pigs.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
There, students can learn about farming with a garden, live pigs and poultry.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
Tiny tech, vast reach In animal experiments conducted at a research facility in Paris, the team successfully guided MagFlow through the intricate arteries of pigs’ heads, necks, and spines, safely delivering contrast and embolizing agents to highly curved and narrow vessels.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Visit ostriches, emus, llamas, pigs, and more.
—Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Investor Carl Icahn, for instance, attempted to install board members at McDonald’s to change how its suppliers treated pregnant pigs—a cause raised by his daughter, an animal rights advocate.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Fish with jig and pigs or plastic worms on a drop=shot rig or shaky head jig.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
They're derived from animal sources, such as fish, cattle, pigs or chicken.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Elvis was adopted by Sharon and Ozzy and became a cherished member of their large family of animals, which over the years has included dogs, cats, and even rescue pigs.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025
Greta Cross, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
There, students can learn about farming with a garden, live pigs and poultry.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Oct. 2025
Tiny tech, vast reach In animal experiments conducted at a research facility in Paris, the team successfully guided MagFlow through the intricate arteries of pigs’ heads, necks, and spines, safely delivering contrast and embolizing agents to highly curved and narrow vessels.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Visit ostriches, emus, llamas, pigs, and more.
—Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
Investor Carl Icahn, for instance, attempted to install board members at McDonald’s to change how its suppliers treated pregnant pigs—a cause raised by his daughter, an animal rights advocate.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Fish with jig and pigs or plastic worms on a drop=shot rig or shaky head jig.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
They're derived from animal sources, such as fish, cattle, pigs or chicken.
—Maria Godoy, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Elvis was adopted by Sharon and Ozzy and became a cherished member of their large family of animals, which over the years has included dogs, cats, and even rescue pigs.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigs
hogs
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Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming in Illinois, Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
30 Oct. 2025
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He was baffled as if there does not appear to be any point of access for an animal the size of a ground hog.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Pigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigs. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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