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man-eating

[man-ee-ting] / ˈmænˌi tɪŋ /


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The film tells the story of a desperate university student applying for a shady part-time job that takes him deep into the woods where he encounters a ravenous, man-eating bear.

From Barron's Oct. 25, 2025

In “Delicious in Dungeon,” a ragtag adventuring crew makes hot pot out of man-eating mushrooms.

From Salon May 12, 2025

The idea of "man-eating plants" has long captured our macabre imaginations.

From Science Daily Nov. 30, 2023

The Florida Everglades are the only waters where man-eating crocodiles share the same space as alligators.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2023

They’d done just fine on their own so far, and how could things get any worse than a man-eating giant—or a man-eating witch, for that matter?

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley



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