as in peddling
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 hawking
Note the poster of the defector Mikhail Baryshnikov hawking Crime and Punishment.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
This was, first and foremost, a market formed around premium assets — star-level players on attractive deals like Kyrou and Tkachuk, or players 25 or under with star-level potential like Byram, Nemec, Samoskevich and Eklund — and for the most part, those aren’t the wares the Canucks are hawking.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
But while men in suits are hawking skin care to tweens and trying not to be cringe, Gen-X and elder Millennial women have been amassing money, power, and influence.
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Danielle McNally,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
And for Matthews, a merch vendor hawking Knicks T-shirts near MSG, a Game 6, or even Game 7 victory would only mean the gravy train keeps on rolling.
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Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
In just a short time, Louis has already put his ball hawking prowess on display with a pick-six during rookie minicamp.
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Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
Or, less kindly, to paint her as a savvy opportunist who made millions from hawking a woo-woo fad, and whose teachings, once fairly benign, became increasingly dangerous over time.
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Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Plus, the on-site food is purely ATL, with its food trucks hawking everything from Southern BBQ to vegan corn dogs.
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Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2026
There are more than 1,000 sellers on Stacked Golf, hawking putters, irons, and golf towels.
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Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
This was, first and foremost, a market formed around premium assets — star-level players on attractive deals like Kyrou and Tkachuk, or players 25 or under with star-level potential like Byram, Nemec, Samoskevich and Eklund — and for the most part, those aren’t the wares the Canucks are hawking.
—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
But while men in suits are hawking skin care to tweens and trying not to be cringe, Gen-X and elder Millennial women have been amassing money, power, and influence.
—
Danielle McNally,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
And for Matthews, a merch vendor hawking Knicks T-shirts near MSG, a Game 6, or even Game 7 victory would only mean the gravy train keeps on rolling.
—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
In just a short time, Louis has already put his ball hawking prowess on display with a pick-six during rookie minicamp.
—
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
Or, less kindly, to paint her as a savvy opportunist who made millions from hawking a woo-woo fad, and whose teachings, once fairly benign, became increasingly dangerous over time.
—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Plus, the on-site food is purely ATL, with its food trucks hawking everything from Southern BBQ to vegan corn dogs.
—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2026
There are more than 1,000 sellers on Stacked Golf, hawking putters, irons, and golf towels.
—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawking
peddling
Verb
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Sánchez’s musician brother, David, is currently on trial in the city of Badajoz, near the Portuguese border, accused of influence peddling in his appointment to a position nine years ago.
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Cole spent February driving around the country for impromptu fan meets, peddling CDs from the trunk of his pre-stardom Honda Civic.
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“Hawking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawking. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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