eat away
Example Sentences
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Whether fast or slow, such losses eat away at the Fed’s capital and are ultimately charged to the government.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
That’s expected to squeeze household budgets and slowly eat away at consumer demand, slowing both aggregate spending and economic growth this year.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
“The Complex” works instead by painstaking accretion—or rather, by erosion, recording in granular detail all the lies and violations that eat away at the Chopras’ respectable facade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Shares in the London Stock Exchange Group have fallen as much as 20% this year as investors fear that companies like Anthropic, the AI group, will eat away at its data and analytics business.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
Still not knowing if Guzzo had said anything to Paul was starting to eat away at me.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
