eating away
Example Sentences
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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
That shows you two things: that you were smart to go back to work when you did and shore up your finances, and that even now inflation never stops eating away at your retirement.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
But underneath the sea is eating away, until one day it all suddenly collapses.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
“How do you balance staying informed and not eating away at your own mental health?” she said.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2025
It turns out the question that’s been eating away at me has only ever had one possible answer.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
