prey
noun
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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All these factors will be preying on the minds of FSG as they ponder how to move this damaging situation along.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2013