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 But Green Bay seems destined for another NFC North bid, while a deep NFC West (every team has won at least two) is threatening to hog wild-card bids. Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog wild
Adjective
  • Cut to 28 days later, when Spike was rescued from a horde of infected by Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O'Connell), another original survivor who turned out to be the leader of a barbaric cult.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
  • An immigration judge issued this barbaric criminal a final order of removal on November 4, 1986.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s been a beautiful part of our relationship that has been new and uninhibited.
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
  • And, Hanson might have added, huge, enormous, uninhibited fun.
    Mark Holgate, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For the finale, the street went dark, and the UBS Arena in Elmont, near New York City, was lit up with teal strobe lights like a riotous party.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
  • As seen in this riotous new trailer, the sequel picks up where the original series left off.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • July through September brings the most color, and wild sunflowers are well-known for growing here.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • John Mitani is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Michigan, whose studies over 45 years have included wild chimpanzees in Uganda and Tanzania; gibbons and orangutans in Indonesia, gorillas in Rwanda, and bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The main risk is that these batteries can overheat and go into thermal runaway, a chain reaction that occurs when a lithium-ion cell enters an uncontrollable, self-heating state—resulting in extremely high temperature, smoke and, ultimately, a fire that is notoriously difficult to put out.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • See a doctor if your bumps do not improve with home care or if the itching is uncontrollable.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Hog wild.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog%20wild. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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