hogs
Example Sentences
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AI data centers, like crypto miners before them, are energy hogs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
It’s a technical distinction that separates them from 1,000-pound commercial hogs but offers little comfort to a suburban homeowner expecting a permanent lap pet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 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
There were always boats heading down to New York City, loaded up with vegetables or oysters or hogs to sell.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis