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Throw in high-design models from its Genesis luxury brand and the company has hogged industry awards and headlines like no mainstream automaker in recent years.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Just as the coronavirus pandemic has taken center stage in daily life worldwide, it has hogged the conversation at the biggest of annual international meetings.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2020

It’s quite something, what has transpired this fall at Syracuse which, as the Southeast has hogged more and more spotlight, had gone very forgotten in a country full of the forgotten.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2018

Verstappen, who has hogged the team spotlight in the build-up to the race, was fourth fastest after the first stage of qualifying but slipped back to 12th after the second phase following a small mistake.

From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2015

So, says I, s'pose somebody has hogged that bag on the sly?—now how do I know whether to write to Mary Jane or not?

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark