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Higher fuel prices also threaten to eat away at farmers’ margins, El-Hoshy said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

“The Complex” works instead by painstaking accretion—or rather, by erosion, recording in granular detail all the lies and violations that eat away at the Chopras’ respectable facade.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

Recent trading action notwithstanding, software shares have been battered this year over fears that artificial intelligence will eat away at traditional business models.

From MarketWatch Mar. 3, 2026

And high-quality, low-cost AI chips from a start-up could eat away at Nvidia’s market share and margin.

From Barron's Dec. 18, 2025

"It will eat away at our minds. You'll become like tree trunks."

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals




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