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
“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
Recent trading action notwithstanding, software shares have been battered this year over fears that artificial intelligence will eat away at traditional business models.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
The high cost of living in Los Angeles and healthcare expenses, as well as the pressure to support family back home in Thailand, can quickly eat away savings.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Each day you crowd this house like wolves to eat away my brave son’s patrimony.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
