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

Samples of dead pigs at a farm in Wuqi district tested positive for swine fever this month and 195 pigs were culled, the ministry said Wednesday.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 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 could see distinctly the limbs of these vermin with my naked eye, much better than those of a European louse through a microscope, and their snouts with which they rooted like swine.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton