as in vendors
one who sells things outdoors
street corner hawkers selling everything from fake designer purses to original works of art
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Recent Examples of hawkers
There will be huge crowds in the Battery and Downtown Thursday for the Knicks parade and afterwards some will be interested in going to Liberty and Ellis, making easy prey for the hawkers.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
Speaking to the outlet, fellow officer Muhammad Shamsul Alam Sarkar said that most of those who died were hawkers of plastic items and worked in the town of Chowmuhani.
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Adam England,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
Across history, hawkers of new communications technologies have expressed a desire to smooth out and speed up human conversation.
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Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
Bring your pastry to Marine Parade’s public lawns for a lakeside lunch in view of street performers, snack carts and thrill ride hawkers.
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New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
The patio at Murphy’s grew fuller by the minute and an hour or so later, the Wrigley ball hawkers — a dwindling group of fans who gather along Waveland Avenue to catch home run balls launched well over the left field fence — were starting to take their positions.
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Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
It’s built to resemble utopia but registers as an artificial paradise, the sort designed to sell forever the way hawkers on a convention floor sell timeshares.
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Jp Mangalindan,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
While dozens of hawkers normally fill that third -of-a-mile-long stretch, only two stands were open for business a day after the raids.
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Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
Speaking to the outlet, fellow officer Muhammad Shamsul Alam Sarkar said that most of those who died were hawkers of plastic items and worked in the town of Chowmuhani.
—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
Across history, hawkers of new communications technologies have expressed a desire to smooth out and speed up human conversation.
—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
Bring your pastry to Marine Parade’s public lawns for a lakeside lunch in view of street performers, snack carts and thrill ride hawkers.
—
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
The patio at Murphy’s grew fuller by the minute and an hour or so later, the Wrigley ball hawkers — a dwindling group of fans who gather along Waveland Avenue to catch home run balls launched well over the left field fence — were starting to take their positions.
—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
It’s built to resemble utopia but registers as an artificial paradise, the sort designed to sell forever the way hawkers on a convention floor sell timeshares.
—
Jp Mangalindan,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
While dozens of hawkers normally fill that third -of-a-mile-long stretch, only two stands were open for business a day after the raids.
—
Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawkers
Noun
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It is sold on street corners from vendors with large gourds, and also seen mixed with spirits on cocktail menus in upscale restaurants throughout the state.
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The thunderous cry rings out over a crowd gathered in front of a television propped up on plastic tables and past a maze of vendors lining a bustling working-class neighborhood in downtown Mexico City.
Noun
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That helps bad sellers boost ratings and fool real shoppers.
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Most sellers only notice the first one.
Noun
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Connecticut gets a bad reputation This leads to the 1833 story of the unscrupulous Connecticut peddlers.
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Activists say the real death toll may never be known, with users and small-time peddlers gunned down almost daily in mysterious slumland killings blamed on vigilantes and turf wars.
Noun
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During the Middle Ages, Venetian and Genoese merchants sought larger, more secure sources of production for what was by then a popular wine.
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As a result, merchants like Nekhala with complicated issues struggle to find a human to help them, and when they do, often get passed from one representative to another, according to sellers and their consultants.
Noun
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Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters.
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The Conjuring–verse is an exercise in branding, the brainchild of master hucksters Ed and Lorraine Warren.
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“Hawkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawkers. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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