peeled
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Make sure to be careful when carrying any gardening tools—and keep your eyes peeled for a white horse!
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
As I peeled the tape off my picture frames and glanced around the cleaned apartment, I wondered if I had been unnecessarily paranoid.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Today’s self-adhesive stamps offer scallop-cut edges in lame imitation but must be peeled rather than pulled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
She crinkled her mouth up and peeled the Johnny Tremain title off the old Captain Underpants I already finished and stuck it to the new one.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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