dog-eat-dog
Example Sentences
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It's worth noting that, even before the invention of streaming, the world of US chat shows was always a competitive, dog-eat-dog world.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025
Strong: This father wants his kids to survive in a dog-eat-dog world, and wants to toughen him up for that world.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022
It's easy to see how lying would be viewed as acceptable if you hold what the researchers describe as "the dog-eat-dog worldview where everyone does whatever is needed to get ahead."
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2022
“When they abandon multilateralism, everybody else abandons it and it becomes a dog-eat-dog world. And that’s the challenge.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022
Life on the streets was a dog-eat-dog world.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
