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
Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Bond yields leaking higher since the Fed cut rates a quarter-point on Wednesday is not atypical, and — so far — is not alarming equity markets, inflation watchdogs or fiscal hawks.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
Temu is a marketplace platform, which means the majority of the goods sold on Temu are hawked by third-party sellers.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Abu Dhabi’s involvement in the spin-out of TikTok to appease China hawks in the US is unexpected.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Bond yields leaking higher since the Fed cut rates a quarter-point on Wednesday is not atypical, and — so far — is not alarming equity markets, inflation watchdogs or fiscal hawks.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies spent nearly $16 billion during that period hawking those low-value products.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
Temu is a marketplace platform, which means the majority of the goods sold on Temu are hawked by third-party sellers.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawk
Noun
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Pakistan has accused Afghanistan’s Taliban government of offering a safe haven to militants carrying out cross-border attacks.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinians, including minors and militants' bodies.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Three man have been charged with selling either methamphetamine or guns to undercover federal agents, including one Oakland man who allegedly used his houseboat on the Oakland marina to peddle firearms and brag about his knack for making customized bullets.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Film and music stars peddle booze, beauty, and everything in between.—
Emily St. Martin,
Oc Register,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Prices on apparel wholesaling climbed 5%, while the apparel, jewelry, footwear and accessories retailing category spiked 8%.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 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
Noun
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Already, Cuba’s top diplomats have been sharing propaganda content discrediting Machado as a warmonger.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Tho declined the award, but the decision to award Kissinger shocked many of his critics who saw him as a warmonger.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
9 Oct. 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 17 Oct. 2025.
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