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
Amid a dense thicket of timber-and-metal stalls where secondhand retailers ordinarily hawked their wares, a runner of red-and-green astroturf cut a path toward a stage draped in the tricolor of the Ghanaian flag.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
The design, much like an earlier iteration hawked by Halmar’s parent company, involves purchasing the Infosys Theater from Madison Square Garden in order to build a spacious entrance on Eighth Avenue, across from Moynihan Train Hall.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
To this day, counterfeit DVDs are still being hawked on eBay.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Exhibitors hawked unmanned aerial vehicles and systems to manage them; a few booths further down, other companies sold systems to shoot those same drones down.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
California businessman Bob Prewitt commissioned Muffler Men from sculptor Bill Swan and hawked them to auto shops across the country from 1962 to 1973.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 25 Mar. 2026
In other cases highlighted by TODAY, AI impersonators hawked treatments that were scientifically impossible.
—John Whyte, STAT, 17 Feb. 2026
The French queen’s jewels and furniture command record-breaking prices at auction; her porcelain and palace fabrics are reproduced and hawked by homeware brands; and her likeness is used on everything from expensive candles to throw blankets.
—Dana Thomas, Bloomberg, 31 Dec. 2025
Counterfeit Lincoln wheat pennies, made in China, are being hawked.
—USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
The design, much like an earlier iteration hawked by Halmar’s parent company, involves purchasing the Infosys Theater from Madison Square Garden in order to build a spacious entrance on Eighth Avenue, across from Moynihan Train Hall.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
To this day, counterfeit DVDs are still being hawked on eBay.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Exhibitors hawked unmanned aerial vehicles and systems to manage them; a few booths further down, other companies sold systems to shoot those same drones down.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
California businessman Bob Prewitt commissioned Muffler Men from sculptor Bill Swan and hawked them to auto shops across the country from 1962 to 1973.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 25 Mar. 2026
In other cases highlighted by TODAY, AI impersonators hawked treatments that were scientifically impossible.
—John Whyte, STAT, 17 Feb. 2026
The French queen’s jewels and furniture command record-breaking prices at auction; her porcelain and palace fabrics are reproduced and hawked by homeware brands; and her likeness is used on everything from expensive candles to throw blankets.
—Dana Thomas, Bloomberg, 31 Dec. 2025
Counterfeit Lincoln wheat pennies, made in China, are being hawked.
—USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawked
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But stereotypes peddled on the right often suggest that their opponents are weak victims of life and circumstances.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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Crucially, Yoriko sees her process as a three-way collaboration between herself, the subject and the material, especially the wood — an approach that couldn’t be more different from the (mostly male) great artist-genius stereotype usually peddled in films.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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It is also being distributed internationally and has been translated into French, Spanish, German and three Greenlandic dialects.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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The awards celebrate the independent music business, and some 38 awards were distributed throughout the evening, with hometown heroes Geese and French electronic musician Oklou taking home record of the year and pop record of the year, respectively, among multiple wins.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
9 June 2026
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“Hawked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawked. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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