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hogged

verb

past tense of hog

as in monopolized

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At times of heightened tensions, the Houthis have used the Bab el-Mandeb as a geopolitical bargaining tool, disrupting the passage of trade in a similar fashion to how Tehran has monopolized the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Iran war.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 16 July 2026
Jurors found that Live Nation had illegally monopolized the live concert industry.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

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This one may seem like every gummy in the bag was consumed, but Saquon Barkley possesses significant boom/bust appeal.

— Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Upstream checkpoints are typically published in formats such as Safetensors and consumed through frameworks like Transformers.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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After traveling to Oakland from Colorado, Lori Schott read aloud a diary entry from her daughter, Annalee, who died by suicide at 18 after becoming engrossed with Meta’s apps.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
The same goes for pedestrians, who increasingly are glued to phones and engrossed in noise-canceling headphones.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026

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