hog
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That’s no mean feat, but it also shows that you live high off the hog.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Geological Survey External link flags thermoelectric power as the biggest water hog.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Funds run by those firms get a debt security backed by the hog, and Harley gets to make another loan to the next customer quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Her look evolves from a worn-out cog to a biker-like granny who’d seem natural riding on the back of Dennis Hopper’s hog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
He told a tale about how one old range hog had caught him when he was a baby and his folks got there just barely in time to save him.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
The company slaughters nearly 30 million hogs a year and is a major supplier of ham, bacon and other pork products to grocers.
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
Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna, meanwhile, hogs the spotlight during We Pray, hitting some quite extraordinary high notes.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
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
There are fifteen million hogs in Iowa, so a lot of manure to manage.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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
It was another Winter Hill member who hogged the limelight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 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
They’re big complainers—“their” gym is being hogged by a bunch of do-gooders; where are they supposed to shoot around before school; sixth and seventh graders will volunteer for anything; blah, blah, blah.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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
"With those levers, the big hitting, hogging the baseline, he was already showing real promise."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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
The other players can’t get into any rhythm because it’s either LeBron or AD hogging the ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2024
“Yeah, and there might be enough to go around for once, without this bonehead hogging the butter and syrup.”
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
