as in hawking
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 peddling
The shops had already stopped peddling their James Dean apparel after a previous restraining order was issued by the court.
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Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Proposition 36 enacted a transformative approach targeting these issues, mandating treatment programs for those suffering from addiction and increasing penalties for repeat theft offenders and those peddling deadly drugs like fentanyl.
—Mike Hestrin, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
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
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
Janet Delaney’s father, Bill, worked as a salon-to-salon salesman, peddling hair and beauty products throughout the greater Los Angeles area for thirty-two years.
—Helen Sullivan, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Fuentes often talks about the incident on his nightly livestreams as part of his case against Israel and the Jewish people, peddling a conspiracy that the battleship was attacked on purpose.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Among them was former food delivery worker Antonio Martinez-Solis, who said after six years peddling for a popular app, his account was suddenly deactivated.
—Dave Carlin, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
So, again, the narrative at the beginning of the week that these are war crimes, that's clearly fallen away and now the Democrats are peddling another lie.
—ABC News, 7 Dec. 2025
Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Proposition 36 enacted a transformative approach targeting these issues, mandating treatment programs for those suffering from addiction and increasing penalties for repeat theft offenders and those peddling deadly drugs like fentanyl.
—Mike Hestrin, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
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
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
Janet Delaney’s father, Bill, worked as a salon-to-salon salesman, peddling hair and beauty products throughout the greater Los Angeles area for thirty-two years.
—Helen Sullivan, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Fuentes often talks about the incident on his nightly livestreams as part of his case against Israel and the Jewish people, peddling a conspiracy that the battleship was attacked on purpose.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Among them was former food delivery worker Antonio Martinez-Solis, who said after six years peddling for a popular app, his account was suddenly deactivated.
—Dave Carlin, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
So, again, the narrative at the beginning of the week that these are war crimes, that's clearly fallen away and now the Democrats are peddling another lie.
—ABC News, 7 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddling
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That's at least how many Super Bowl ads this year were bought either by AI companies, companies hawking AI products, or companies touting that the ads themselves were created with AI.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Three Sheep has previously faced a slew of social media controversies, including a $10 million fine for hawking mooncakes that came from mainland China but were falsely promoted as luxury Hong Kong products.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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And Tuesday night — which featured Yancy’s team distributing a printout of questions challenging the mayor’s handling of the budget — shows the rift between the two progressives growing.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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But by the time cops were distributing her image, her worried parents had realized that the child wandered off and had begun canvassing the neighborhood for her.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Peddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddling. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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