Pigs
noun
Bay of. Bay of Pigs.
Pigs
American
[pigz]
/ pɪgz /
noun
Pigs
1
British
/ pɪɡz /
noun
pigs
2
British
/ pɪɡz /
interjection
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It may well be the single greatest failure of the CIA in the history of that agency — far bigger than the Bay of Pigs.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The group was founded in 1991 by Jose Basulto, a Cuban exile, licensed pilot and veteran of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Pigs are smart and intensely food-motivated, quick to learn routines and test limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
First, it is believed to be the biggest loss of Cuban combatants at the hands of the US military since the Bay of Pigs invasion in April 1961.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
Pigs, was his first thought, but after a second sniff he changed his mind.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
“I feel like we’re being guinea pigs when we don’t want to be.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
But when Bash noted that generative AI is too new for comprehensive long-term studies and asked whether students were effectively becoming “guinea pigs for chatbots,” McMahon acknowledged the evidence is still developing.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
For now, Unitree’s humanoid robots find their main uses in education and entertainment, or they serve as guinea pigs in the labs of robotics researchers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Unlike most pigs, babirusas typically have just one or two offspring at a time rather than large litters - one reason their numbers recover slowly when wild populations are hit hard.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Scientists had filled his hollow limbs with test subjects, including mice, guinea pigs, and reptiles.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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