- present participle of peel.
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Those shops, including chains and mom-and-pop mechanics, are peeling ever more business away from dealerships, known for higher rates, opaque pricing and multiday waits for routine service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 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
On Tuesday, a silver cross on a long chain hung from the pine tree’s bark, which was peeling and blackened from the blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
"The camera was on and I turned it round and looked up, just to see the top of the south tower peeling away, like a massive umbrella opening."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
True to Bailey’s word, the lintel above the door was adorned with a figurehead carved as a mermaid, flakes of green peeling from her tail.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
But at the very bottom, underneath some carrot or sweet potato peelings, there was a napkin.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
A Ugandan entrepreneur has devised a way of using old bones and vegetable peelings to make clean drinking water.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2022
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
Elsewhere, children begged at the doors of more well-off neighbors, hoping for stale bread, table scraps, or raw potato peelings.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Cans and bottles lay all over, along with crusts, peelings, cores, scraps, rinds, wrappers — everything you would normally find in a garbage can.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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