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
Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
Behind a large glass case, haunches of Texas heritage hogs, along with a dizzying array of dry-aging strip and ribeye steaks, dry-age and cure.
—Rona Berg, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
The matter in our neighborhood is distributed pretty unevenly – the Sun hogs some 99.8% of all mass in the solar system, making our planets look like little pebbles and gas balls.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The claim: Image shows Liz Cheney called Trump a ‘junkyard hog’ and Biden ‘the older guy’ in an X post
A July 17 Threads post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be a post from former Rep. Liz Cheney on X, formerly Twitter.
—Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 24 July 2024
Behind a large glass case, haunches of Texas heritage hogs, along with a dizzying array of dry-aging strip and ribeye steaks, dry-age and cure.
—Rona Berg, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Verb
Pro Outdoor Microfiber Bath Towel Nothing hogs up luggage space faster than a towel.
—Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
The matter in our neighborhood is distributed pretty unevenly – the Sun hogs some 99.8% of all mass in the solar system, making our planets look like little pebbles and gas balls.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog
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The races happen daily and feature pigs and wiener dogs dressed like hot dogs.Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 20 July 2017
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The league has rescued monkeys, pigs, ponies, even a drug dealer's cougar, and thousands of dogs and cats every year.John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2017
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Google is facing antitrust cases, alleging the company to monopolize the marketplace and the general search services.Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In August, a federal judge ruled that Google had monopolized the online search engine market, concluding the Department of Justice’s anti-trust case against the tech giant.Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2024
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Baier was portrayed as combative toward the Democratic presidential nominee, interrupting her throughout the conversation and cornering her with unfair questions.Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Between the lines: With AI cornering most of the deals, health companies are adapting with new features for patient engagement, tools to manage chronic conditions and their own AI features, mostly concentrated around administrative functions and clinical workflows.Tina Reed, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
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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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If necessary, vampire bats can gorge and consume four times their body weight in liquid.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Koalas spend most of their time sleeping and eating — consuming a diet mostly of eucalyptus leaves.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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