as in to hawk
to sell from place to place usually in small quantities
seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles
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Recent Examples of peddle
However, trustees pointed out that peddle bike riders could easily go faster than 10 miles per hour and regular bikes are technically allowed on sidewalks.
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Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
The Texas Longhorns’ quarterback signed a deal with Red Bull in January and has a company peddling autographs on his behalf.
—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2025
The Tangerine Moose serves decadent ice-cream floats and peddles an eclectic mishmash of artisan goods in their gift shop.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
That’s good for both men and women—and can help young men identify and work toward a model of prosocial masculinity that diverges from the one being peddled by manosphere influencers such as Tate.
—Brad Wilcox, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025
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Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
The Texas Longhorns’ quarterback signed a deal with Red Bull in January and has a company peddling autographs on his behalf.
—Jim Martin, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2025
The Tangerine Moose serves decadent ice-cream floats and peddles an eclectic mishmash of artisan goods in their gift shop.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
That’s good for both men and women—and can help young men identify and work toward a model of prosocial masculinity that diverges from the one being peddled by manosphere influencers such as Tate.
—Brad Wilcox, The Atlantic, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddle
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Main Street The rally itself is a spectacle - streets packed with bikes, vendors hawking everything from turkey legs to tank tops, and strangers chatting like old friends.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Complete sets of the toys are already being hawked on eBay, starting at about $50.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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But several experts told Newsweek that excluding people living in the country without legal status from the head count used to allocate congressional seats among the states and determine how federal funding is distributed would run afoul of the U.S. Constitution.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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Fremantle distributed the original across more than 170 territories, with Turkish viewers accessing it through Digiturk, Tabii, Turkcell TV+ and Puhu TV.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Alivia launched online in 2020 and in 2021 started wholesaling its clothing.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
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The idea was to create the first ever international drugstore chain operator and drug wholesaling company.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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“Peddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddle. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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