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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unpeel.

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Examples

  • And of course in our conversation, Shay unpeels my lack of knowledge.

    Thomas Jefferson Descendants Work To Heal Family's Past 2010

  • Jeff Jarvis unpeels the onion that is the newspaper, opines that some things should go and kicks off a lively discussion in the comments.

    New News: Deconstructing the newspaper « BuzzMachine 2006

  • Jimmy is an enigmatic person who the heroine and readers begins unpeels the mystery one petal at a time.

    2008 November « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008

  • Layer after layer unpeels, rendering the viewer paralyzed with sympathy and loss, yet invigorated by the superior artistry of it all.

    Love Asunder 2008

  • Jimmy is an enigmatic person who the heroine and readers begins unpeels the mystery one petal at a time.

    Here Today, Gone to Maui-Carol Snow « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008

  • Typical of a McDevitt book, the mystery slowly unpeels like an onion, growing more gripping as it does.

    Archive 2007-02-01 adamosf 2007

  • Typical of a McDevitt book, the mystery slowly unpeels like an onion, growing more gripping as it does.

    Infinity Beach adamosf 2007

  • The series stars Glenn Close and unpeels layers after layer, slowly revealing its characters and twisty-turny plot through a complex but compelling series of flashbacks and flash-forwards.

    From the sublime to - well, you decide DAVID BISHOP 2007

  • The series stars Glenn Close and unpeels layers after layer, slowly revealing its characters and twisty-turny plot through a complex but compelling series of flashbacks and flash-forwards.

    Archive 2007-11-01 DAVID BISHOP 2007

  • The Sense of an Ending, his measured prose and the deliberate, elegant pacing as the protagonist unpeels layers of memory, make for an intricate, absorbing narrative.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

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