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
Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Senate spending hawks set to make changes Senators will have a chance to review the measure in the coming weeks.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 28 May 2025
Eli Tan, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Vendors hawk bananas and doughnuts at small outdoor markets.
—Sophie Neiman, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
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Noun
Fiscal hawks have slammed it for failing to rein in federal spending, while populists like onetime Trump whisperer Steve Bannon have suggested the cuts could prove damaging with working-class voters.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Senate spending hawks set to make changes Senators will have a chance to review the measure in the coming weeks.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 28 May 2025
Verb
Others wander around hawking phone chargers and car-cleaning products.
—Eli Tan, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Vendors hawk bananas and doughnuts at small outdoor markets.
—Sophie Neiman, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawk
Verb
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A far cry from the triple-digit figures often peddled online.—
Sara Hussain,
Vogue,
12 May 2025
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This would leave Samsung as the only top-selling smartphone brand still peddling Android.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Verb
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The company currently wholesales the brand at Nordstrom, Revolve, Shopbop, Level Shoes, Galeries Lafayette, John Lewis, La Maison Simons, La Rinascente, De Bijenkorf, The Iconic, among others.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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The company wholesales also its collection at Nordstrom.com, Revolve, and Nuuly, and the company’s Wellness collection is sold at Ulta and Bluemercury.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
21 May 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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Predictably, Washington's warmongers are apoplectic.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
Noun
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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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Election 2024 live updates:Trump attacks Cheney and calls her a 'war hawk' Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
1 Nov. 2024
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“Hawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawk. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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