as in eroded
to consume or wear away gradually
the waves were biting at the sand castle I had worked so hard on
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If there was ever a notion that profanity isn’t befitting of the nation’s highest office, that standard has largely eroded.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026 -
Underlying the Persian Gulf itself is a basin filled with debris eroded from the rising of the Zagros Mountains.—
Scott L. Montgomery,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2026
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On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Bit (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bit%20%28at%29. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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