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
Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
That leaves fiscal hawks in a strange position.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
While Koh Samui's beaches overflow with tourists snapping selfies and beach vendors hawking coconuts, IYKYK about the 200-meter strait that leads to something entirely different.
—Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Adapted from Chinese folklore, the film follows a boy named Ne Zha (Crystal Lee) who is born with demon-like powers and rebels against his hawk-eyed, human parents Lady Yin and Li Jing (Vincent Rodriguez III).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
That leaves fiscal hawks in a strange position.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
The shirts that are hawked outside the Coliseum today are much more hastily made.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
While Koh Samui's beaches overflow with tourists snapping selfies and beach vendors hawking coconuts, IYKYK about the 200-meter strait that leads to something entirely different.
—Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawk
Noun
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In October 2024, two Hamas militants opened fire on a popular boulevard in southern Tel Aviv, killing seven people.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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The October 7 attacks nearly two years ago were the most significant to date, with hundreds of militants crossing the border amid a barrage of nearly 5,000 projectiles.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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And in a world filled with junk content, where everyone is a wannabe influencer peddling their lifestyle and products, Tate’s a pretty good pick for learning how to live your life, said 21-year-old John Fitch, who spars at Betiss’ gym a few times a week.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Although Perforce didn’t peddle its own agenda or message set in this discussion, the company competes in version control with Git, Atlassian Bitbucket Data Center, Apache Subversion and Mercurial to name a handful.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
2 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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This is a warmonger that is basing his policy decisions around the region on narcissism and political ambitions that don't go beyond staying in power for no more than one month.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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That reference to unspecified warmongers hewed to her unfortunate pattern of spreading conspiracy theories.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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