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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

But it took an interviewer calling her a "man-eating, confident assassin" to realise "if that's what people think of me then I need to be more open and let people in".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

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

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

He had wisely divided his regular animals from his man-eating sheep, putting each group on either side of the huge crevice that divided the island.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan



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