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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These are more disgusting smears peddled by the media and billboard law firms.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 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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Hundreds of copies of lesson books published by Rethinking Schools, specifically their texts on black activism and transgenderism, have been distributed to NEA members this year alone.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Oct. 2025
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The $85 million settlement fund will be distributed to qualified class members after deductions for fees, expenses and taxes.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Hawked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawked. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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