as in hog
one who eats greedily or too much
all-you-can-eat buffets seem to encourage some people to become shameless pigs
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Recent Examples of pig
Brooklyn is still a place where pigs roam the streets.
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Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
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
There are security threats, online chatter, even a bloody pig’s head sent to his family’s door.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
That not everyone is willing to support someone of his ethnic background in the role becomes clear, though, when a pig’s head is thrown through a window in their home.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
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
There are security threats, online chatter, even a bloody pig’s head sent to his family’s door.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
That not everyone is willing to support someone of his ethnic background in the role becomes clear, though, when a pig’s head is thrown through a window in their home.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pig
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig
hog
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Along with corn and soybeans, for example, the Kalbachs produced hay, and tended to hogs and cattle.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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Similar robotics companies have already worn out their welcome in other US cities like Los Angeles and Chicago, as their delivery bots hog sidewalks, injure residents, and rampage through gardens.—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 19,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Pig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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