gnawing

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Healthcare, housing, car payments, groceries and energy bills are the costs really gnawing at wallets, according to an analysis from the trade organization.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Stomach gnawing and hands slightly shaky, I loaded up on ephemera for fancy paninis, held together with swipes of giardiniera mayo, and splurged on some pastel-hued botanical sodas for drinking straight from the can.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

AI could be one, as well: The very thing powering the stock market to records might be gnawing away at Americans’ sense of well being.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

He’s more comfortable playing it big and trying to create an operatic drama about a desperate man, consumed by greed and a gnawing hunger that has rotted his soul, looking for one last score.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

The dragon Nidhogg lives in these waters, and it is always gnawing at the root from below.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman