- present participle of peel.
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Washing or peeling can lessen the risk of infection, but cooking food to at least 158 degrees reliably kills Cyclospora.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
On the day Al-Zaharnah monitored the excavation, the crews were working at a painfully slow pace, peeling back the pancaked layers of the building one by one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
David Hearn was indicted for allegedly peeling off a portion of newly installed sealant on one of Trump’s pet projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Chunks of blue paint are peeling off the bottom just two weeks after multi-million dollar renovations were completed.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
“I got so used to it that I don’t even notice all the cracks or places where it’s peeling away.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
"Instead of wasting all the peelings and putting them in the bin, we would give those as a treat," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
Oft-reviled white chocolate may have found an appropriate use sprinkled on top, but my pie was loaded with far too many large shreds and peelings, such that many bites morphed into unpleasant waxiness, then oiliness.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2023
Mr. Bottura has teamed up with chefs from his restaurants to produce four video lessons with tips for using items like vegetable peelings for a sauce and bread crusts to make a caramel cake.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
I add them to the coffee grounds, potato and carrot peelings, onion and avocado skins, asparagus stubs, the papery bits of garlic, eggshells and dead flowers, and let the worms do the rest.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2020
We mice have a great use for apple peelings.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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