as in peddling
to sell from place to place usually in small quantities
a determined bootstrapper who went from hawking newspapers on the street corner to running a media empire
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Recent Examples of hawking
Since entering the league in 2018 after the Dolphins drafted him, Fitzpatrick has been defined by his versatility in the secondary and ball-hawking style of play.
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Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Besides Miller, Dante Vigil is another ball-hawking guard along with Nico Zenn-Dash.
—Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
The Wolfpack used an up-tempo offense and ball-hawking defense to control the tempo against the Raptors.
—Butch Hart, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
And, online, the startups' advertisements hawking their wares often focus on hospitals and their periodic jousts with insurers.
—Darius Tahir, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
That's at least how many Super Bowl ads this year were bought either by AI companies, companies hawking AI products, or companies touting that the ads themselves were created with AI.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Three Sheep has previously faced a slew of social media controversies, including a $10 million fine for hawking mooncakes that came from mainland China but were falsely promoted as luxury Hong Kong products.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
But Fitzgerald was the team leader in interceptions (six), showing off his ball-hawking abilities.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Even street vendors hawking sweets and trinkets follow the dollar’s rise and fall.
—Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
Besides Miller, Dante Vigil is another ball-hawking guard along with Nico Zenn-Dash.
—Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
The Wolfpack used an up-tempo offense and ball-hawking defense to control the tempo against the Raptors.
—Butch Hart, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
And, online, the startups' advertisements hawking their wares often focus on hospitals and their periodic jousts with insurers.
—Darius Tahir, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
That's at least how many Super Bowl ads this year were bought either by AI companies, companies hawking AI products, or companies touting that the ads themselves were created with AI.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Three Sheep has previously faced a slew of social media controversies, including a $10 million fine for hawking mooncakes that came from mainland China but were falsely promoted as luxury Hong Kong products.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
But Fitzgerald was the team leader in interceptions (six), showing off his ball-hawking abilities.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Even street vendors hawking sweets and trinkets follow the dollar’s rise and fall.
—Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawking
peddling
Verb
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German Jews—my people—were far less numerous, most of them came to the United States earlier, and their typical first occupation was peddling, which entailed wandering through non-Jewish areas, not living in tenements.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Matt had gotten his first taste of entrepreneurship at the age of six, peddling tamales near the Capitol.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Hawking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawking. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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