peelers

plural of peeler, British

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Did the cops care that white power bands were playing a bar show for a couple dozen people?
    James Folta September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
  • With Matt Murdock recovering from his injury and a hellbent Punisher escaping prison, it would be believed that the pair will join forces to gather an army to fight Fisk's own rogue cops in the city.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In 1935, Qassam and two of his followers ambushed a group of British Mandate policemen, murdering a Jewish sergeant.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • To make matters even more challenging, Hansen was a local business owner whom all the policemen knew from shopping at his bakery, Rothschild told A&E True Crime in 2019.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The range of salaries will be $143,400 for constables and $295,564 for District Attorney Phil Sorrells, a North Richland Hills Republican.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office What To Know Videos posted on social media after the shooting showed officers carrying Zinn from the scene as students can be heard screaming.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The expansive definitions of vagrancy, and the discretionary power that vagrancy laws conferred upon law enforcement officers as a result, date back to the colonial era.
    Time, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Detroit fire officials, Superior EMS and troopers provided on-scene medical treatment and transported the man to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The two children are allegedly Scott's half-siblings Fox13 Salt Lake City reported, citing troopers.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to the reports, multiple emergency officials — including two rescue helicopters and a number of police officers and paramedics — responded to the scene, where the burning Tesla had to be extinguished several times.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Three police officers arrived on the scene and found the suspect who ignored their instructions to show his hands and get on the ground, Chamberlain said.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The bulls got a dovish turn from the Federal Reserve without much noticeable slowing in growth, with stock indexes at a record, credit markets blissfully sedate and capital investments running in torrents into the economy.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Most of the bulls were 5 by 5s, except for two, which were exceptional six-points.
    Jack Atcheson Sr. as told to Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Peelers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peelers. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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