eating away
Example Sentences
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The government has been urged to get a grip on long A&E waits with campaigners saying it is the rot eating away at the heart of the NHS.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
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
“How do you balance staying informed and not eating away at your own mental health?” she said.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025
I don’t know what the real problem is, but it’s clearly eating away at her.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
