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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

She continued to challenge dated misconceptions about her personal life and career and re-upped her appreciation for her 2009 horror-comedy “Jennifer’s Body,” in which she played a demonic, man-eating campus mean queen opposite Amanda Seyfried,

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2023

The very thought of jungles brought up visions of all kinds of man-eating things like lions, tigers, and gorillas.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls



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