peel

Example Sentences

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We wanted to peel back these contradictory layers — he wants to be pure but he has an egoic need for public glory — and show these things do battle with each other inside him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

As this strain is released, the layers peel apart and curl into tight scrolls.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

With each essay, I peel off the layer of idle ease that is the A.I. generation and see what remains: only hints of a life, of a story, of a human.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

The AI disruption onion continued to peel away on Wednesday as real-estate services companies became the next to get knocked.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

The cooking and baking become a group effort, with Siunek and Max and even Schillinger sometimes lending a hand, since he had always been the one to peel the potatoes for his wife.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron