dog-eat-dog
Example Sentences
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The music industry is dog-eat-dog — you’re just trying to stay relevant.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
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
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
It’s a dog-eat-dog, survival-of-the-fittest environment that has left schools scrambling to maintain their relevance in a collegiate world already uprooted by the Name, Image and Likeness revolution and transfer portal upheaval.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2022
Life on the streets was a dog-eat-dog world.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
