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
In the late 19th century, traveling salesmen hawked concoctions of snake oil, uranium, or anything vaguely iridescent and passed it off as a youth tonic to unsuspecting customers.
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Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Temu is a marketplace platform, which means the majority of the goods sold on Temu are hawked by third-party sellers.
—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
Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Temu is a marketplace platform, which means the majority of the goods sold on Temu are hawked by third-party sellers.
—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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Some impersonated tax officers to frighten British pensioners into draining their life savings into suspicious bank accounts; others peddled irresistible student loan offers to American high schoolers.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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The 4-7-8 breathing method, devised by celebrity doctor Andrew Weil from ancient yogic practice, is peddled by everyone from Gwyneth Paltrow to ex-military tough-guy influencers.—
Sean Williams,
Outside,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Directed by Paddy Wivell and originally distributed by Fremantle, Hell Jumper tells the story of civilian volunteers risking their lives to rescue people trapped by the war in Ukraine.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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Written by Agnieszka Holland, the drama was made for less than $1 million and distributed by independent film company Vestron Pictures.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Hawked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawked. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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