eats

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That not only eats into your wife’s salary, it also erodes the long-term growth of your retirement savings.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

But that same density can tip the cake toward heaviness — toward something that eats more like dessert than companion.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Tyndale introduced the English people to a God who eats with sinners, heals the sick and comforts the grief-stricken: a loving God on a mission to rescue mankind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Among the world's most endangered macaques, these forest primates now survive in small, fragmented populations as human activity eats into their habitat.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Harlow eats her macaroni and cheese and even asks for more carrot sticks—impressive for a six-year-old—before escaping to her princess-themed room.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller