Example Sentences
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Mr. Griffin made his money rustling feral hogs to sell at market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
Companies are snapping up Vernon properties and upgrading them, adding advanced cooling systems to old office buildings and filling a shuttered slaughterhouse that once housed hogs, with advanced chips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
That’s considerable and it's prompted some to brand hot tubs as "energy hogs", along with heated sheds, swimming pools and second fridges.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
“Tell the hogs too bad from the Big Dad. I don’t care if they’re upset or not.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
