peel

Example Sentences

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Meta can try to leverage its users to bring in subscribers, but it will likely struggle to peel people away from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Toss a can of drained beans with olive oil, a few strips of lemon peel and an Italian dressing packet, then let everything mingle for half an hour or so.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

“Trying to peel back that onion of complexity is a difficult task,” he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

But temperatures were expected to rebound by the weekend, “so I think some of the snow will peel off pretty quick,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

“You’re here to peel potatoes. Every morning he boils two sackfuls, and we can’t do anything else until they’re clean, or Papito gets mad.”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago