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
Matthew Kelly
updated June 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Some Russian hawks urged the Kremlin to respond with nuclear weapons.
—Barry Hatton, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
In just a short time, Louis has already put his ball hawking prowess on display with a pick-six during rookie minicamp.
—Miami Herald, 1 June 2026
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Noun
Iran hawks and an array of dissidents and mainstream voices within the Republican Party have cast doubt on whether the agreement secured satisfactory concessions from Iran.
—Matthew Kelly
updated June 18, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Some Russian hawks urged the Kremlin to respond with nuclear weapons.
—Barry Hatton, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Verb
To this day, counterfeit DVDs are still being hawked on eBay.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
In just a short time, Louis has already put his ball hawking prowess on display with a pick-six during rookie minicamp.
—Miami Herald, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawk
Noun
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Pakistani Taliban militants and other armed groups also operate in the region.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
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Sullivan and Sodais watched together as the militants seized Herat.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Verb
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This data is being cherry picked by the Deportation Data Project to peddle a false narrative.—
Laura Romero,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Cole spent February driving around the country for impromptu fan meets, peddling CDs from the trunk of his pre-stardom Honda Civic.—
John Kennedy,
VIBE.com,
9 June 2026
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At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
30 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The company doesn’t wholesale its collection.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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Light industrial uses could include storage yards, data and information processing, medical or dental laboratories, research and development, warehouses, wholesaling or a recycling center.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The gap between what Russians know to be true about the war and what the Kremlin says about it has grown so wide that even warmongers like Dugin struggle to bridge it.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Putin, who ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022, casts European powers as warmongers for supporting Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars in support, weapons and intelligence.—
Guy Faulconbridge,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
Verb
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The third and final wave of Social Security payments for June is scheduled to be distributed this week, following a normal schedule.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
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The lawsuit notes that LeVota’s credit plan relies directly on pulling money back that had already been distributed to school districts — the same criticism identified by the dozen school districts behind the open letter.—
Ilana Arougheti
June 22,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
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The latter, however, would upset the uber-nationalists and war hawks who believe that nothing short of Ukraine’s full capitulation is acceptable for the mighty Russian state.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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The latter, however, would upset the uber-nationalists and war hawks who believe that nothing short of Ukraine’s full capitulation is acceptable for the mighty Russian state.—
Daniel DePetris,
Twin Cities,
15 May 2026
Verb
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The trend for authentic vintage is having a halo effect on how brands are designing and merchandising their sport collections.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
15 June 2026
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The Squeeze team has merchandising, a popular social media presence and tons of support across the country.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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“Hawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawk. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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