as in to hawk
to sell from place to place usually in small quantities
seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles
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Recent Examples of peddle
Hackers are peddling the data of millions of AT&T users on a Russian dark web forum.
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 8 June 2025
That’s gotten worse as the infrastructure of modern indie distribution has been taken over by companies and festivals peddling horror, thriller, and fantasy.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Who knew that your favorite outdoor brands were also peddling new friends?
—Calin Van Paris, Outside Online, 15 May 2025
Means is just an entrepreneur who peddles an expensive lifestyle.
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 8 June 2025
That’s gotten worse as the infrastructure of modern indie distribution has been taken over by companies and festivals peddling horror, thriller, and fantasy.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Who knew that your favorite outdoor brands were also peddling new friends?
—Calin Van Paris, Outside Online, 15 May 2025
Means is just an entrepreneur who peddles an expensive lifestyle.
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddle
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Since débuting in March, a company called Crave New World has been hawking its next-gen TV dinners on college campuses, even brokering a deal with fraternities and sororities: free food to fuel a social-media competition (the prize: tickets to the N.C.A.A. Final Four).—
Sheila Yasmin Marikar,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Preying on public skepticism of the pharmaceutical and health industries to hawk alternative approaches that are often unregulated and don’t work is damaging it enough.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2025
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The organization is entirely volunteer and has distributed more than 5,000 Narcan kits, according to its website.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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The uncertain state of Tehran highlights the trickiness of distributing a TV show ripped from geopolitical headlines — particularly when that distributor has a much larger business around the world than just airing television shows.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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Alivia launched online in 2020 and in 2021 started wholesaling its clothing.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
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The idea was to create the first ever international drugstore chain operator and drug wholesaling company.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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“Peddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddle. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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