feeding frenzy
Slang. a ruthless attack on or exploitation of someone especially by the media.
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How to use feeding frenzy in a sentence
It was like a feeding frenzy, and everybody wants to get in on it.
Astros bounce back to beat the Braves in Game 2, send the World Series to Atlanta tied | Chelsea Janes, Scott Allen, Adam Kilgore | October 28, 2021 | Washington PostThe past few months have been a feeding frenzy, with new highs almost daily.
NFTs Are Shaking Up the Art World—But They Could Change So Much More | Andrew R. Chow | March 22, 2021 | TimeHydrocarbon-degrading microbes also assisted by having a feeding frenzy near the wellspring.
5 famous environmental disasters where humans and nature healed together | Meera Subramanian | February 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceBefore anyone starts handing out cigars, let’s see what lessons can be drawn from the feeding frenzy of recent days.
Porter was convicted and shortly after sentenced to death by a judge who compared him to a shark in a feeding frenzy.
Wrongly Imprisoned for 15 Years Thanks to an Innocence Project | Jacob Siegel | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The higher levels of carbon dioxide will induce something of a feeding frenzy for plants, at least for a while.
Blame Climate Change for Your Terrible Seasonal Allergies | Kent Sepkowitz | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot least, this feeding frenzy could provide insight into the way the biggest black holes in the Universe form.
While a two-day feeding frenzy makes for a fun excursion, the human body is only capable of so much consumption.
DOJ officials, realizing the issue could turn into a press feeding frenzy, went into damage-control mode.
British Dictionary definitions for feeding frenzy
a phenomenon in which aquatic predators, esp sharks, become so excited when eating that they attack each other
a period of intense excitement over or interest in a person or thing: the media erupt into a feeding frenzy
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