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Recent Examples of peelerBecause citrus zest and peel are best when fresh, make sure the fruit is clean and shiny before pulling out your Microplane or vegetable peeler, even if the fruit is organic.—Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026 Use a sharp paring knife or the curved tip of a vegetable peeler to remove any larger sprouts from the potato.—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2026 He zebra-ed the cucumber, using a vegetable peeler to remove strips of peel alternating with unpeeled strips.—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 12 Jan. 2026 Grab this stainless steel apple peeler for $4 to make quick work of prepping the main ingredient.—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for peeler
Instead of the standard, boring rectangular fins found in the home PC, the algorithm generated complex, jagged, and pointed copper structures optimized for both heat absorption and fluid flow.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
Over the last decade, the price of copper has climbed 167%, and copper theft skyrocketed 1,200%, leaving thousands of streetlights dark.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
One of the owners told officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that 31 other sloths, from Guyana and Peru, had died — either on the way to the attraction or after arriving and being stored over cold nights in a building with no heat or running water.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
His attorney had asked officers to check on him, investigators said.
Once troopers arrived, Williams raised the firearm and pointed it toward police before Blanchette shot and killed her, the report said.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
Authorities said a Massachusetts State Police trooper and an armed civilian — described as a former Marine licensed to carry — confronted the suspect as people fled their vehicles and sought cover.
Enter Orsolya, who shows up at the door with some gendarmes and an official eviction notice and gives Ion twenty minutes to quit the premises.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
Additionally, Leo has named a former Swiss Guard lieutenant, Anton Kappler, to serve as a second administrative aide in his office, alongside the former gendarme Piergiorgio Zanetti.
The law, which also applies to nursing and municipal workers unions, exempts unions that represent police officers, firefighters and corrections officers, whose leaders typically support Republicans.
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Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
The two police officers who responded found a short, stocky man in the backyard and an aluminum shed with its door yanked off.