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
“The Dark Forest,” the second volume, is named for a view of the universe as a dog-eat-dog struggle for survival in which the best way to survive is to hide.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024
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
The strong are not safe either in that kind of dog-eat-dog world — they are at risk from each other.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2022
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
