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Recent Examples of dog-eat-dog
In the dog-eat-dog world of Pierpoint, even his Hail Mary save isn’t enough to keep him in power.
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Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
With its original plans to host 100, Silver says the event is now expected to field a crowd of 350, underscoring his increasing influence in the dog-eat-dog world of college basketball recruiting.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Howard, working from a script by Noah Pink, has a lot of plates to keep spinning, including the story's wild swings between outrageous outbursts, sometimes played for laughs, and dog-eat-dog tension.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
But there’s nothing stopping the surfer from hanging out in the parking lot up the cliff, an asphalt jungle with its own territorial, dog-eat-dog ecosystem.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
Recognized as a leading portrait paparazzo, Armstrong-Jones also freelanced in the dog-eat-dog world of Fleet Street newspapers.
—Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
Work-life balance in banking Really, achieving work-life balance in any industry is tough—let alone in the famously dog-eat-dog financial industry.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
However, when Emily secures a managerial position at their dog-eat-dog hedge fund, the power shift within the bullpen begins to splinter their romantic bliss.
—EW.com, 18 Jan. 2024
In the role of Loewen, Bill Camp plays up the real man’s capitalist, dog-eat-dog mentality.
—Tomris Laffly, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
With its original plans to host 100, Silver says the event is now expected to field a crowd of 350, underscoring his increasing influence in the dog-eat-dog world of college basketball recruiting.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Howard, working from a script by Noah Pink, has a lot of plates to keep spinning, including the story's wild swings between outrageous outbursts, sometimes played for laughs, and dog-eat-dog tension.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
But there’s nothing stopping the surfer from hanging out in the parking lot up the cliff, an asphalt jungle with its own territorial, dog-eat-dog ecosystem.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
Recognized as a leading portrait paparazzo, Armstrong-Jones also freelanced in the dog-eat-dog world of Fleet Street newspapers.
—Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2024
Work-life balance in banking Really, achieving work-life balance in any industry is tough—let alone in the famously dog-eat-dog financial industry.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
However, when Emily secures a managerial position at their dog-eat-dog hedge fund, the power shift within the bullpen begins to splinter their romantic bliss.
—EW.com, 18 Jan. 2024
In the role of Loewen, Bill Camp plays up the real man’s capitalist, dog-eat-dog mentality.
—Tomris Laffly, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dog-eat-dog
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Carter would go on to be exposed as a white supremacist Klan member who once wrote speeches for George Wallace, and whether his literary career was an attempt to distance himself from that, an opportunistic exercise, or some combination of the two remains an unsettled question.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Understanding Raccoon Behavior Raccoons are opportunistic feeders, chowing down on whatever’s readily available.Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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Zoe Saldaña as Rita, a jaded defense attorney for white-collar criminals, is writing her closing argument, asking the jury to exonerate her client, a corrupt bureaucrat accused of pushing his wife off a balcony.Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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In their telling, the fraud blamed on Dorje Chang was, in fact, pulled off by one of his corrupt former disciples.Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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They’re brought back to life by their child, a genderqueer doll called Glen/Glenda, and immediately launch into more depraved violence, kidnapping Jennifer Tilly and Redman (themselves) to transfer their consciousness into their bodies.Rory Doherty, Vulture, 28 June 2024
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Horror films still offer a path to profitability on low budgets that no other genre can claim, which is why even the most squeamish filmmakers should celebrate the remarkable box-office success demonstrated by Damien Leone’s gory saga of the depraved Art the Clown.Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
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Ammon did appear tempted to talk the walk in Portland, to become the Mormon cowboy philosopher king wandering a degenerate realm of an ailing Republic, but by now time was in extremely short supply.Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Or have his years in finance scrambled his brain and turned him into a degenerate gambler, both at the office and outside it?Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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In fact, Wall Street fears Trump may even ignite the next bout of inflation due to his profligate fiscal proposals.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Gold has emerged as an attractive hedge against rising inflation, profligate fiscal policies, and geopolitical instability.Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Whereas The Swimming-Pool Library transpires over one London summer — the last licentious gasp before AIDS— and The Line of Beauty spans the Thatcher era, Hollinghurst has lately been expanding his temporal horizons.Sam Worley, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
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Woodhull’s inability to counter the caricature of her as evil and licentious doomed her campaign.Allison Lange / Made by History, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
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According to Regeneration International, regenerative agriculture describes farming and grazing practices that, among other benefits, reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity - resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle.Tom Hyland, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Flourishing business and secure workers would keep the Sabbath, dress neatly, and avoid taverns and other dens of iniquity that preyed on the degraded poor.Bruce J. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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Get The Recipe 15 of 25 Butter Pecan Cheesecake Take a break from the usual pecan pie, with this decadent cheesecake topped with a nutty, caramel-like topping.Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel When election night calls for a little indulgence, this Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel cocktail delivers a decadent treat.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Dog-eat-dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dog-eat-dog. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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