pig

Example Sentences

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In 1878, confronting the lowest prices for pig iron since colonial times, American ironmasters wondered if the smokestacks on their idled blast furnaces might serve a higher use as astronomical observatories.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Researchers had previously tested EMR on rabbit ear cartilage, pig skin, and scar tissue.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

A pig has a back tattoo reading “Go pig or go home.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

“I was a pig in slop,” Jeremiah said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

We had roast young suckling pig and drank rioja alta.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway