hog wild

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Recent Examples of hog wild Imagine that some program that got approved to use the API goes hog wild. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 Two years ago, Washington went hog wild with unemployment benefits and there was a big growth bang. WSJ, 30 June 2022 Hunters in Hays and Caldwell counties are about to go hog wild. Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Jan. 2022 Cincinnati fans go hog wild for their Flying Pig Marathon. Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2021 It’s my deep suspicion that if the USGA and R&A allowed the equipment companies to go hog wild and create equipment for recreational players, companies like Callaway, TaylorMade and Titleist would revolutionize the game for hackers. Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2021 Bacon lovers, get ready to go hog wild over Dunkin's newest item. Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2020 The campaign to prevent wild hogs from going hog wild in Montana was outlined at a conference hosted Friday by the Montana Invasive Species Council. USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019 Not that anybody is going hog wild over his scoreless streak. Arizona Republic, azcentral, 30 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog wild
Adjective
  • And so much of the first season relied on the novel horror of watching the barbaric, exploitative Squid Game play out, hoping that protagonist Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) could hold onto his humanity in the face of it all.
    Kayti Burt, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But after the enormous success of It, a genuinely fantastic and wonderfully barbaric horror flick that managed to strike a chord with the general public despite its gore, the sequel’s budget was nearly doubled from $40 million to nearly $79 million.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But Rock imbued his role with such uninhibited certainty about his importance to The Simpsons’ lore that everyone started playing along.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • His ambitions, formed by spectacular golden-age classics and by the moderns’ uninhibited artistry, have run up against the realities of the economy and the psychology of contemporary cinema—its all-too-common division of industrial power and artistic intent.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But mainly it is known for the riotous setting off of fireworks, increasingly in defiance of local bans.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The Borough will be reviewing and revising plans for public events given this new riotous trend.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • This is done in part by some masterful pixel-art graphics, which incorporate some wild 2D lighting effects and detailed, painterly sprite world.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Cakes were often sweetened with homemade jams, filled with wild berries and mountain fruits.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Igniting a pool of alcohol or other liquid fuel in a firepit's open container creates an uncontrollable pool fire, which can suddenly produce larger, hotter flames that can spread beyond the firepit product, according to the agency.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The presence of uncontrollable outside forces—namely time, deterioration, and fragmentation—are continuous lines of inquiry for Mobarak, whose work moves seamlessly between performance, sculpture, moving image, poetry, and music.
    Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Hog wild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog%20wild. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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