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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
The winner will confront a number of thorny issues, including high rents, a stubborn homelessness crisis and street lights stripped of copper wire.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Mussels can be treated using chlorine, copper and Zequanox, made from a naturally occurring bacterium that causes the mussels to stop feeding and die, Marrone said.
Hardin went on to work for the Precinct 4 constable's office and has since had his criminal case expunged.
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Nicole Hensley,
Houston Chronicle,
20 Mar. 2026
Set during the Song Dynasty, the film stars Liu Fengchao as Xue Buyi, a disciplined but rigid constable who becomes the target of a conspiracy after being framed for a robbery.
The alleged kidnapping of Donaldson was the second time this normally rare type of crime — the abduction of a policeman during the course of his job — has occurred in the East Bay in two months.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
The White House’s approach of eschewing being the world’s policeman to instead focus on key geopolitical battlegrounds is paying off, an ex-assistant secretary of state wrote.
Because the incident spanned two jurisdictions, Pennsylvania State Police troopers from the Butler barracks have been called to take over the investigation.
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Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
The trooper’s unmarked cruiser crossed a double yellow line in Woburn and struck Schettino’s vehicle.
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.
Harrowing body camera video shows the terrifying moments a California police officer was allegedly kidnapped by an armed robbery suspect and forced to shoot him in the leg as the pair veered down a local roadway.
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Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
The man accused of killing a Chicago police officer and critically wounding another during a shooting at Swedish Hospital is due in court on Tuesday to face charges from a previous case.