- present participle of peel.
peeling
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Telltale signs of water damage include discolored wall panels, black mold, cracking plaster or peeling paint, just to name a few.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Within weeks of the renovation’s completion, numerous defects were spotted, with a liner installed on the bottom of the pool peeling in various places, and algae again infesting the water.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
"The only difficulty is peeling them, but just cut the knobbly bit off and peel it separately."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The zoo is seeing challenges to its national accreditation after federal regulators spotted rust and and peeling paint in some of its exhibits, and pointed out “critical” funding and staffing shortages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
He focused on the words coming out of the gray box up above the peeling whiteboard.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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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
The peelings, left by some of the 160,000 visitors to Britain's highest mountain, can take as long as two years to degrade.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2019
Mrs. Nurmi was out in the yard by an old wood stove which she still used for boiling the vegetable dyes for her weaving, or peelings and scraps for the hens.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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