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Some 43% said higher interest rates and their impact on their ability to borrow money were the main thing eating away at their wealth.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

She quickly set teams to work designing new graphics cards for videogames—AMD’s chips power PlayStation and Xbox consoles, among other gaming systems—and more powerful data-center and PC chips, steadily eating away at Intel’s market share.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Dame Clare Moriarty, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said: “For those on the lowest incomes, these unavoidable costs are already eating away at their finances, leaving their budgets stretched beyond breaking point.”

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

“How do you balance staying informed and not eating away at your own mental health?” she said.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025

It has been eating away at my soul.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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