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The Atlantic risks getting addicted to these yarns because of their popularity among non-Californians, in the same sense that the first taste of human blood has been reputed to turn African lions into incorrigible man-eaters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2022

After Avni's death, the National Tiger Conservation Authority prepared a new report, which stated that problematic animals should be referred to as "dangerous to human life" and not "man-eaters."

From Salon • May 18, 2022

Scientists had been searching for years for a method or chemical that repelled the man-eaters, but nothing they tried seemed to work.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2022

"These large, blunt-nosed predators have a duly earned reputation as man-eaters", says National Geographic.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2015

It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gamboling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters.

From "1984" by George Orwell