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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Recent Examples of hog
PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
Researchers have seen that wild horses and burros will hog water tanks, streams, and other water sources — often to the detriment of native critters like deer and antelope, which are easily bullied by a big stallion.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
The United Soybean Board is investing in research into the benefits of using soybeans to feed dairy cows and hogs.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
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Noun
And for your next photo print or school project, the Canon Pixma TS6420a all-in-one printer is a total win at 65% off, delivering sharp, colorful prints from a compact frame that won’t hog your desk.
—PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
Researchers have seen that wild horses and burros will hog water tanks, streams, and other water sources — often to the detriment of native critters like deer and antelope, which are easily bullied by a big stallion.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
Verb
Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming in Illinois, Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas.
—Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
The United Soybean Board is investing in research into the benefits of using soybeans to feed dairy cows and hogs.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
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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
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Visit ostriches, emus, llamas, pigs, and more.—
Maggie Downs,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Back-to-back championships by the Dodgers could embolden MLB and add to a chorus of fans who see a cap as a panacea for the plague of big-money teams monopolizing championships over the past decade.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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In addition to her astonishing Billboard 200 debut with Showgirl, Swift has also monopolized all 10 spots in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with songs from the new album.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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In an interview with WWD, the 38-year-old describes how this new era, which includes e-commerce expansion across the Middle East, is poised to corner untapped potential markets like Saudi Arabia.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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This includes senior running back and corner Gianni DePrimeo, who’s committed to the United States Naval Academy for lacrosse.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Yet she isn’t allowed to bogart the apercus; each of the characters gets a chance to shine, though some all but cry out for larger parts, larger lily pads on which to brood.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2024
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In Schutz’s attempt to reflect reality, her own gestures bogart the image, reopening a decades-old wound without bringing a new dimension of understanding to it.—
Kimberly Drew,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2022
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However, customers are advised not to consume the products, per USA Today.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Conventional cleanup techniques often worsen the problem by disturbing soil structures and consuming large amounts of energy.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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