as in peddled
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 hawked
Temu is a marketplace platform, which means the majority of the goods sold on Temu are hawked by third-party sellers.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
The shirts that are hawked outside the Coliseum today are much more hastily made.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Recall the recent controversy over an American Eagle ad starring Sydney Sweeney, in which the actress hawked denim jeans by making a pun about her genes.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
The shirts that are hawked outside the Coliseum today are much more hastily made.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Recall the recent controversy over an American Eagle ad starring Sydney Sweeney, in which the actress hawked denim jeans by making a pun about her genes.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawked
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There have been several conspiracy theories peddled about the NFL wanting Sanders to fail — Los Angeles Rams legend Eric Dickerson recently revealed a source in the NFL confirmed to him the league told teams not to draft the Colorado alum to make an example out of him.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Kennedy, who oversees the CDC, has peddled vaccine skepticism throughout his career.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
20 Aug. 2025
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In addition to retail sales, some of these items were distributed to schools and Department of Defense facilities, although the USDA noted that the school distribution was not part of the National School Lunch Program.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Aztecs offered two complimentary tickets to season ticket holders and also distributed tickets at community events.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Hawked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawked. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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