Pigs
noun
Bay of. Bay of Pigs.
Pigs
American
[pigz]
/ pɪgz /
noun
Pigs
1
British
/ pɪɡz /
noun
pigs
2
British
/ pɪɡz /
interjection
Example Sentences
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Notice something else: The Bay of Pigs fiasco produced the Cuban Missile Crisis 18 months later, and only then a new stability.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Good studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and in 2020 she won an undergraduate prize from the Academy of American Poets for her piece titled On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
Perhaps the most famous American fiasco in the region was the Bay of Pigs.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
The same month, the Bay of Pigs invasion failed.
From Slate • Aug. 1, 2025
Following their capture at the Bay of Pigs, Pepe San Román, Erneido Oliva, and more than eleven hundred members of the invading brigade were sentenced to thirty years of hard labor.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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