eating away

Example Sentences

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Some 43% said higher interest rates and their impact on their ability to borrow money were the main thing eating away at their wealth.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 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

“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

The concern is so big, according to Amorim, it is eating away at United's status.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

Rust was eating away at its paint, but my mother said that in its heyday it had been lovely.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata