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Recent Examples of pigpen
No pigpen-cleanup required!
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Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021
If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?
—Kevin Scarbinsky | Special To Al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022
Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
Turns out, the previous owner, Mr. Ross, was using the truck’s door as a door for his pigpen.
—A.j. Baime, WSJ, 24 July 2018
Now on the same day Zuck had cleaned out the pigpen, and luckily was still wearing high boots.
—Longreads, 22 May 2017
Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021
If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?
—Kevin Scarbinsky | Special To Al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022
Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
Turns out, the previous owner, Mr. Ross, was using the truck’s door as a door for his pigpen.
—A.j. Baime, WSJ, 24 July 2018
Now on the same day Zuck had cleaned out the pigpen, and luckily was still wearing high boots.
—Longreads, 22 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigpen
Noun
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.—
Tim Bontemps,
chicagotribune.com,
21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.—
Andres Viglucci,
miamiherald,
15 June 2017
Noun
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The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each year stank horribly and polluted the air and water, turning an otherwise pleasant town into a pigsty.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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James Scotto See it for yourselves Brooklyn: The president and the mayor should take a walk to see what a pigsty Floyd Bennett Field has become.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2024
Noun
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This business is old and a mess — there aren’t overnight solutions to any of these conversations — but the fact that these conversations are being had by such public figures is such a joy and will lead to change finally.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2025
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There was mess from the beginning, and his hands were in all of it.—
Katie Drummond,
WIRED,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The starting field of 312 players for the U.S. Amateur Championship will play 18 holes of stroke play on Aug. 12 and 13, with one round at Hazeltine and one at Chaska Town Course, after which the field will be cut to the low 64 scores.—
Todd Abeln,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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No one wants to poke holes in their walls or deal with peeling paint.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The designation will bring international recognition to the sties, which aren’t well known even to many Ohioans.—
Susan Glaser,
cleveland,
19 Sep. 2023
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We're admittedly smitten with this stage-to-sty story, which is apparently a sequel.—
Country Living,
Country Living,
7 Sep. 2022
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“Pigpen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigpen. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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