as in militant
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
the hawks were claiming that without war there could be no peace
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as in to peddle
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 hawk
Joan Morris, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
For decades, fiscal hawks have warned about the devastating consequences of ballooning U.S. debt.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 4 July 2025
Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2025
Inside, more than 30 vendors set up stands hawking everything marijuana-related, from LED lights and other grow equipment to cannabis seeds, immature plants, and clones, which are cuttings taken from mother plants and then developed into adult plants.
—Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Noun
Kittens and unhealthy cats are more likely to be preyed upon by hawks than larger, healthy adult cats.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
For decades, fiscal hawks have warned about the devastating consequences of ballooning U.S. debt.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 4 July 2025
Verb
The competitors can hawk about a sheep a minute, though the shearing competition is just one aspect of the Royal Highland Show, Scotland’s biggest agricultural event.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2025
Inside, more than 30 vendors set up stands hawking everything marijuana-related, from LED lights and other grow equipment to cannabis seeds, immature plants, and clones, which are cuttings taken from mother plants and then developed into adult plants.
—Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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In one corner is Tamra Judge, the hardened veteran, who is peddling a story about being betrayed by someone on the cast, only to be shocked when only half of the women believe her, given her history of offending everyone and then apologizing for it over the years.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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The dope dealers are usually the ones with backpacks peddling a bit faster, Mass and Cass observers have told the Herald.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
13 Aug. 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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The real divide is between those who casually encourage violence, and those who seek to prevent it — between warmongers and peacemakers.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
16 June 2025
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The movie undoubtedly lays the wood on several in Bush’s inner circle — Thandie Newton’s impression of Condoleezza Rice is particularly mean — as W. ponders what happens when a useful idiot falls under the sway of warmongers with bad intel.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
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The issue has divided much of Trump’s base, between traditional GOP war hawks and those who claim further military intervention would be antithetical to MAGA values.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
19 June 2025
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The war hawks intend to lobby the federal government for the resources to destroy Mayday once and for all, and Gabriel magnanimously welcomes Joseph to the party.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
20 May 2025
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“Hawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawk. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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