eat away
Example Sentences
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Childcare can easily eat away at a family’s budget.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Investors are assessing whether AI could eat away at the broker industry’s lucrative advisory fees and commissions while virtually eliminating niche businesses such as appraisal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
If you berate yourself for what you deem parenting mistakes, don’t let it eat away at you.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
The high cost of living in Los Angeles and healthcare expenses, as well as the pressure to support family back home in Thailand, can quickly eat away savings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Some kind of psychological deterioration hit our family circle and began to eat away our pride.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
