hog
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I have a friend who met a very wealthy and famous writer, whose novel was turned into a movie and who lived high on the hog.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Also like many vets, he loves guns, and is excited, post-recovery, to “go hog hunting.”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Does she want to hog Johnny Thunders for herself or replace him as Dominique’s lover?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Duffy, who joined CME Group as a runner in the lean hog pit in 1980, will become executive chairman on that date, and Fitzpatrick will join the board, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Being a city slicker, he’d no doubt turn tail and beat it back to Terre Haute when we started bleeding out the first hog.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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AI data centers, like crypto miners before them, are energy hogs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company said the plant will source about all of its hogs from nearby farmers in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
For example, non-native feral hogs are now major predators of loggerhead sea turtle eggs along the Georgia coast, USA, while coyotes in eastern North America are expanding onto coastal barrier islands, altering those ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2026
Benji is caustic, needling and selfish — the kind of guy who hogs the window seat, the shower and everyone’s attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
All we needed was just to move the hogs along to where we wanted them, and Old Yeller already knew how to do this.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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Maryland is not exactly known for its wines—Virginia has hogged the spotlight in the region for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
While the headlines for markets are currently hogged by events in the Middle East, over the longer term AI-induced inflation might prove to be the more critical share-price driver.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
Mendis was on 92 heading into the final over, but the strike stayed away from him as Dunith Wellalage hogged the limelight.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
While Norwegian Haaland's remarkable scoring feats in this campaign - 27 now for club and country - have hogged the headlines, Foden is a key part of that "talent up front".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Some of the lines are silly—about how he hogged the pepperoni pizza at our birthday party, put an obviously recyclable cup in the trash, and often leaves his shoelaces untied.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Members of Earth, Wind & Fire had been frustrated with White, accusing him of hogging the bulk of the profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
He worried that a data center would destroy his peace and quiet, bringing noise and light pollution and hogging the area’s water and electricity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Starbucks's in South Korea move echoes sentiment in cafes across the world, including in England where some coffee shops have introduced policies aimed at stopping remote workers from "hogging" tables and limiting turnover.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
James won the “MVP” at the Olympics by hogging the ball and making it about him, as usual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024
“He’s hogging all the luck. Let’s try again tomorrow.”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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