- present participle of peel.
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Videos show people, mostly teens, euphorically peeling off the outer layer to reveal a tender, ultra-juicy gummy core.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The peeling facades, faded signs and cavernous auditoriums of such cinemas are remnants of a time when going to the movies was itself the main event.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The black fabric tape covering the handle is worn and peeling.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Residents have long complained about a proliferation of high-powered cars racing down the city’s major thoroughfares, peeling out and doing doughnuts, and drivers revving their engines into the early-morning hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Instead, he busied himself peeling loose bark from the tree.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
"I live in the end house and we get whatever is chucked - fruit peelings, wrapping paper blowing into our garden," he said.
From BBC ● May 8, 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
His arms ached for something heavier than trays, for something dirtier than peelings; his feet wanted the heavy work shoes, not die thin-soled black shoes that the hotel required.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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