hog

Example Sentences

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After graduating with a business administration degree in 1999, he traded football for the family business — tending to the hogs, purchasing grains, negotiating with banks and buyers.

From Seattle Times

ANNOUNCER: Activities include the operation of a modern dairy, the raising of hogs, and poultry, and intensive truck farming.

From Scientific American

Unless you have a lot of space to devote to them, bringing these garden hogs home might be a bad idea.

From Washington Post

Meaning that, as of April 15 or so, every user you encounter with a blue check will be a verified clout hustler who’s paying to be first hog at the trough.

From Los Angeles Times

The retirement plans Hein made years ago include hunting deer and wild hogs, along with fishing in the Rio Grande and running a horse-breeding business.

From Salon