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
Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 24 June 2025
Deficit hawks pushing for deeper spending cuts include Johnson, Scott and Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2025
The project started by hawking a bunch of tokens that promised no share of future profits.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Noun
Fiscal hawks speak out Another faction in Congress has voiced opposition to the spending levels in the legislation, advocating for deeper cuts that have often worked counter to leadership's efforts to appease other members of their conferences.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 24 June 2025
Deficit hawks pushing for deeper spending cuts include Johnson, Scott and Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee.
—Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Verb
Jamie Lee Curtis has a really good reason for signing on to hawk pantyhose, yogurt and rental cars despite being a huge star.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2025
The project started by hawking a bunch of tokens that promised no share of future profits.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Verb
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That’s gotten worse as the infrastructure of modern indie distribution has been taken over by companies and festivals peddling horror, thriller, and fantasy.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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Who knew that your favorite outdoor brands were also peddling new friends?—
Calin Van Paris,
Outside Online,
15 May 2025
Verb
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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 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 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 12 Jul. 2025.
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