eating away
Example Sentences
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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
“Something is seriously wrong with my head. It feels like bugs are up there, eating away at my brain.”
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
