swine
Example Sentences
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A herd of pigs at a swine facility once charged at him, forcing him to jump out of the way while the farmhands chuckled.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
During the flu season that ended in September, 280 children died from flu — the most since the swine flu pandemic season of 2009-10.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Spain's pork industry is "very concerned" by a growing African swine fever outbreak among wild boars that has sparked jitters about the world's third-largest producer of the meat and its derivatives.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
The same goes for pigs — a single case was found among five backyard pigs in October in a non-commercial operation where swine mixed with poultry and other livestock.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025
I saw her enter, driving those men turned swine to stand before me.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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