eating away

Example Sentences

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Shares of Energizer Holdings were headed for their worst day ever on Tuesday, after the battery seller said tariffs were eating away at profits, particularly in the current quarter.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 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

But underneath the sea is eating away, until one day it all suddenly collapses.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

“Those annual diversions by Los Angeles keep eating away at the progress,” McQuilkin said, adding that allowing water levels to rise is especially important as climate change brings more intense droughts.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

He looks down at his hands and I can see the shame eating away at him.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett