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
Drew Novy, Regents A ball-hawking senior safety, Novy was the captain of a swarming Knights defense that kept opponents to 15 points or less eight times.
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Colby Gordon, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
There were podcasts recording live and vendors hawking health supplements of dubious efficacy.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Good on Dale ignoring tech salesmen hawking equipment that means good men will get laid off.
—William Earl, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
Meyers and Snyderman met in a group of performing glass artists, and started hawking antiques at the market on 26th Street, teaching themselves 20th-century design history and the particulars of the market.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
Organizers are still hawking them, and promotions have been aimed at getting more fans in arena seats.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
The talk turned to a certain Bible-hawking President.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
The Wolverines have generated 16 takeaways this season (12 interceptions, 4 fumble recoveries), creating the ball-hawking ability that could neutralize the Buckeyes' aerial attack.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
In all its years of hawking food court franks, Costco hasn't raised the price since the 1980s – even as the median price of grab-and-go meals has soared with inflation.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Colby Gordon, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
There were podcasts recording live and vendors hawking health supplements of dubious efficacy.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Good on Dale ignoring tech salesmen hawking equipment that means good men will get laid off.
—William Earl, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
Meyers and Snyderman met in a group of performing glass artists, and started hawking antiques at the market on 26th Street, teaching themselves 20th-century design history and the particulars of the market.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2025
Organizers are still hawking them, and promotions have been aimed at getting more fans in arena seats.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
The talk turned to a certain Bible-hawking President.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
The Wolverines have generated 16 takeaways this season (12 interceptions, 4 fumble recoveries), creating the ball-hawking ability that could neutralize the Buckeyes' aerial attack.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
In all its years of hawking food court franks, Costco hasn't raised the price since the 1980s – even as the median price of grab-and-go meals has soared with inflation.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawking
peddling
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Both sides in the legal dispute have accused the other of peddling false and misleading facts, terminology and narratives about enforcement of the state laws, and the stakes for both transgender and cisgender athletes.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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The museum suspects a former curator of peddling the goods on eBay — in one instance, a $60,000 piece of jewelry sold for merely $48 — but has only recovered some 650 items.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Hawking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawking. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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