eating away
Example Sentences
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Those interest rates are eating away at your ability to save for retirement, and have the peace of mind and confidence to move forward with your life.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
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
But underneath the sea is eating away, until one day it all suddenly collapses.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
“How do you balance staying informed and not eating away at your own mental health?” she said.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025
Sierra felt as though it was suffocating her, a tension eating away at her very cells.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
