hogged

past tense of hog

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogged
Verb
  • 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
  • In April, Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized ad exchanges – which conduct lightning fast auctions that connect advertisers to websites with ad space – as well as tools used by sites to manage the inventory of space for sale, known as ad servers.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For weeks, the community of Westminster, Colorado, had been consumed by the disappearance of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, who had vanished earlier that month while walking to school.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Nonetheless, some 120,000 Mint Juleps are consumed across two sunny days at Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby, proving that some cocktails can become refreshing daytime summer sippers just by sheer force of will, and a little crushed ice.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The technique gives the viewer the feeling of being engrossed inside the image and is used to great effect in with hundreds of maps and thousands of lithographs, letters and paintings.
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • South Park Elementary is once again engrossed in another fad.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Hogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogged. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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