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Recent Examples of pigpen
No pigpen-cleanup required!
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Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021
If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?
—Kevin Scarbinsky | Special To Al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022
Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
Turns out, the previous owner, Mr. Ross, was using the truck’s door as a door for his pigpen.
—A.j. Baime, WSJ, 24 July 2018
Now on the same day Zuck had cleaned out the pigpen, and luckily was still wearing high boots.
—Longreads, 22 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigpen
Noun
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.—
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.—
Noun
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The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each year stank horribly and polluted the air and water, turning an otherwise pleasant town into a pigsty.—
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James Scotto See it for yourselves Brooklyn: The president and the mayor should take a walk to see what a pigsty Floyd Bennett Field has become.—
Noun
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The fund did lower its payout after the 2022 mess, leaving itself room to buy bargains.—
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Mark Critchley has a full explainer on the financial mess.—
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The maritime archaeologist identified shell impact holes in the upper starboard of the hull’s ballast tank and significant battle damage to the base of the submarine’s conning tower.—
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Placing the tag on Holland could make some sense, but a $19.6 million price tag could be too rich for a Dolphins team that needs to shore up several holes.—
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The designation will bring international recognition to the sties, which aren’t well known even to many Ohioans.—
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We're admittedly smitten with this stage-to-sty story, which is apparently a sequel.—
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“Pigpen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigpen. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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