feeding (on, upon, or off)

present participle of feed (on, upon, or off)
as in preying (on or upon)
to seize and eat (something) as prey the flycatcher is a bird that—as its name suggests—feeds on winged insects in midair

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Verb
  • Rogers pleaded guilty in 2022 to two counts of mailing threatening communications, one count of threats by interstate communications, and two counts of stalking.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Rogers pleaded guilty in 2022 to two counts of mailing threatening communications, one count of threats by interstate communications and two counts of stalking.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Neither Xhekaj nor Struble spent one second on the ice down a man; both Veleno and Beck played fewer than 10 minutes, which, to be fair, had more to do with the Canadiens chasing the game in the third than anything else.
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Chelsea, on the other hand, is chasing a third straight win after striking at the death to beat leader Liverpool 2-1 a fortnight ago.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • They were found dead on the 1,770-acre property, where the family has a hunting lodge, the Associated Press, The Island Packet and WSAV reported at the time.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Succession worries mean that Japan is likely to remain a growth market, and a fertile ground for PE firms hunting for bargain deals.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Feeding (on, upon, or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feeding%20%28on%2C%20upon%2C%20or%20off%29. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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