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
And sure enough, the movie, like some of Lucy’s clients, turns out to be advertising one thing and peddling another.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
In the East Bay, Luis Fernando Olivia Torres was one in a sea of drug dealers who make their living off peddling methamphetamine and fentanyl in the densely populated region.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
A far cry from the triple-digit figures often peddled online.
—Sara Hussain, Vogue, 12 May 2025
This would leave Samsung as the only top-selling smartphone brand still peddling Android.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
In the East Bay, Luis Fernando Olivia Torres was one in a sea of drug dealers who make their living off peddling methamphetamine and fentanyl in the densely populated region.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
A far cry from the triple-digit figures often peddled online.
—Sara Hussain, Vogue, 12 May 2025
This would leave Samsung as the only top-selling smartphone brand still peddling Android.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddle
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Celebrity chefs like Matty Matheson have shot videos praising Crunchwrap Supremes while hawking their own takes.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Jamie Lee Curtis has a really good reason for signing on to hawk pantyhose, yogurt and rental cars despite being a huge star.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2025
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Additional support in Smart Wing Tec distributes breast weight evenly, reducing pressure points.—
Yola Robert,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Instead, the only surviving claim in this case concerns Meta's controversial torrenting of books to train Llama, which authors have so far successfully alleged may have violated copyright laws by distributing their works as part of the torrenting process.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 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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The company currently wholesales the brand at Nordstrom, Revolve, Shopbop, Level Shoes, Galeries Lafayette, John Lewis, La Maison Simons, La Rinascente, De Bijenkorf, The Iconic, among others.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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“Peddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddle. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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