peel

as in to husk
to remove the natural covering of she peels apples with lightning speed

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Verb
  • Just husk the corn, remove the silk and grill those cobs naked so they’re lightly charred, sweet, slightly crisp with a roasty popcorn taste.
    Beth Dooley, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Examples include chopping bee, husking bee, logging bee, quilting bee, house- or barn-raising bee, sewing bee, spinning be, and, ultimately, spelling bee.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • Without Medicaid expansion, the state's enrollees won't be subject to work requirements, but the law's financing changes to the Medicaid program could strip hundreds of millions of dollars away from hospitals, said Roberson.
    NPR, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Snip the stems at a 45-degree angle, and strip any lower leaves.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • Researchers could run a measuring wheel across an animal’s hide and mark out units in chalk, or skin the creature and measure its surface area by hand.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Everyone knows that some form of Hamas—skinned of the top echelon of its leadership—has survived and rules the parts of Gaza that Israel never fully occupied.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Interspliced are shots of him hauling up oyster cages, sliding a knife into an oyster to shuck it, handing a fresh oyster to a little girl.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Bites included everything from chicken wings to freshly shucked Gulf oysters.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Peel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peel. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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