dog-eat-dog
Example Sentences
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“JUCO is … a dog-eat-dog world. So I think that kind of heightened everything and the sense or urgency to learn it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
He just wanted to play, so he pushed on in what he's called the dog-eat-dog world of professional rugby, disastrously as it turned out.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023
“That’s a big thing. It’s a grown-man game here. A dog-eat-dog world. Got to get off to a better start.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2023
It is tempting to say that “Killing It,” on Peacock, is a satire of dog-eat-dog capitalism.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2023
My high school friends would still have been whining over boyfriends and fighting for carhop jobs at the A&W. Their idea of a dog-eat-dog world was Beauty School.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
