as in militants
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
the hawks were claiming that without war there could be no peace
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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 hawks
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
But to achieve that, Republicans will first have to muscle the stopgap through the House with their razor-thin majority — overcoming internal pushback from a handful of spending hawks.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
The House passed the sweeping tax and spending bill after winning over fiscal hawks and moderate Republicans.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
That standard has long frustrated election integrity hawks on the right who advocate for more transparency into list-cleaning procedures and more aggressive list purging.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
China hawks nevertheless made progress, succeeding in adding Chinese technology firms to America’s trade blacklist and banning investment in companies with links to China’s military, among other measures.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
After a tour, keep wildlife-watching from one of the tents or cabins at Collective Retreats Governors Island, which is open May to October on a 172-acre island in New York Harbor that attracts hawks, herons, woodpeckers, and more.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
In the late 1800s, with farmers upset about losing poultry to raptors, Pennsylvania offered 50-cent bounties for the heads of merlins and other hawks and owls, and paid $90,000 over two years.
—Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Birds of prey, including eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons, circle overhead, while bison gather to compete for mates (around August) or to calve (which usually takes place in April).
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
Bond yields leaking higher since the Fed cut rates a quarter-point on Wednesday is not atypical, and — so far — is not alarming equity markets, inflation watchdogs or fiscal hawks.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
But to achieve that, Republicans will first have to muscle the stopgap through the House with their razor-thin majority — overcoming internal pushback from a handful of spending hawks.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
The House passed the sweeping tax and spending bill after winning over fiscal hawks and moderate Republicans.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
That standard has long frustrated election integrity hawks on the right who advocate for more transparency into list-cleaning procedures and more aggressive list purging.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
China hawks nevertheless made progress, succeeding in adding Chinese technology firms to America’s trade blacklist and banning investment in companies with links to China’s military, among other measures.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
After a tour, keep wildlife-watching from one of the tents or cabins at Collective Retreats Governors Island, which is open May to October on a 172-acre island in New York Harbor that attracts hawks, herons, woodpeckers, and more.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
In the late 1800s, with farmers upset about losing poultry to raptors, Pennsylvania offered 50-cent bounties for the heads of merlins and other hawks and owls, and paid $90,000 over two years.
—Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Birds of prey, including eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons, circle overhead, while bison gather to compete for mates (around August) or to calve (which usually takes place in April).
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawks
Noun
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The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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Abbas, as the head of the Palestinian Authority, has been at odds with Hamas since the Islamist militants won municipal elections and forced their more moderate rivals out of Gaza in 2007.—
Andrea Mitchell,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Farmers markets Many Milwaukee farmers markets run through late October, including the Fondy Farmers Market on West Fond du Lac Avenue, Riverwest Market on North Pierce Street and South Shore Farmers Market on South Shore Drive.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Every capital markets journey changes you and your business.—
Jessica Billingsley,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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That reference to unspecified warmongers hewed to her unfortunate pattern of spreading conspiracy theories.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Hawks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawks. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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