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
Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026
Roses should not be seen as nutrient hogs, because that’s simply not true.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Try not to hog the spot for too long, and let others charge their devices, too.
—Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2025
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Noun
With some sturdy hog wire secured with T-posts, this homeowner built a trellis that's strong enough for heavy butternut squash vines to climb.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026
Roses should not be seen as nutrient hogs, because that’s simply not true.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
Disneyland will begin showing the Walt Disney and Abe Lincoln audio-animatronic shows in rotation after the Great Emancipator took a 10-month hiatus so the Anaheim theme park’s founder could hog the spotlight during the 70th anniversary celebration.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Try not to hog the spot for too long, and let others charge their devices, too.
—Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog
Noun
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Brooklyn is still a place where pigs roam the streets.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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In her experiment, McPherson and colleagues created a set-up holding human, mice and pig sperm cells in one part of the compartment and egg cells in the other, divided by a thin channel simulating the female reproductive tract.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Executioning was a hereditary métier, monopolized in Paris by the Sanson clan for nearly two centuries.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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The official pointed to the outcome of the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google, in which the judge sided with the agency in finding that the tech giant had illegally monopolized online search.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
9 Mar. 2026
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Tuesday’s re-signings of linebacker Micah McFadden and special teams corner Art Green returned some complementary pieces to the bigger picture on defense, on top of Monday’s addition of Bears linebacker Tremaine Edmunds.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Mendoza, Adrian Rodriguez (who's a switch hitter), Aiden Robbins and Carson Tinney occupy thetop half of the order with the ability to drive the ball from corner to corner and all points in between.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Feb. 2026
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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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That translates to many years to replace the 850 consumed by the Iran War.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
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Amid public concern, federal health authorities have denied any reports of illnesses linked to consuming fish or seafood because of possible contamination.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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