dog-eat-dog
Example Sentences
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Beutner would come to the race with a wide range of job experiences — the dog-eat-dog world of finance, the struggling journalism industry and the messy world of local government.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025
It's worth noting that, even before the invention of streaming, the world of US chat shows was always a competitive, dog-eat-dog world.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025
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
It's easy to see how lying would be viewed as acceptable if you hold what the researchers describe as "the dog-eat-dog worldview where everyone does whatever is needed to get ahead."
From Salon • Oct. 20, 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
