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also pedlars
as in vendors
one who sells things outdoors
the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps
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Recent Examples of peddlers
Connecticut gets a bad reputation This leads to the 1833 story of the unscrupulous Connecticut peddlers.
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Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 May 2026
Activists say the real death toll may never be known, with users and small-time peddlers gunned down almost daily in mysterious slumland killings blamed on vigilantes and turf wars.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
The consequences are visible in the rising numbers of street peddlers in Tehran.
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ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.
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Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers.
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Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread.
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Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people.
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Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2025
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 May 2026
Activists say the real death toll may never be known, with users and small-time peddlers gunned down almost daily in mysterious slumland killings blamed on vigilantes and turf wars.
—
Reuters,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
The consequences are visible in the rising numbers of street peddlers in Tehran.
—
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.
—
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers.
—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread.
—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
Among election delusion peddlers, Oltmann has distinguished himself by calling for violence and defaming innocent people.
—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddlers
Noun
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It is sold on street corners from vendors with large gourds, and also seen mixed with spirits on cocktail menus in upscale restaurants throughout the state.
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The thunderous cry rings out over a crowd gathered in front of a television propped up on plastic tables and past a maze of vendors lining a bustling working-class neighborhood in downtown Mexico City.
Noun
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It is constrained by how well sellers execute in high-stakes conversations such as discovery, stakeholder alignment, value communication, pricing and negotiation.
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And the gap in prices between the major brands and unbranded sellers is even wider when there’s less competition.
Noun
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Libra was always only meant to be an enabler for wallets, merchants and platforms.
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Dutch merchants, families and investors moved through a wide Atlantic network that connected Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and North America.
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There will be huge crowds in the Battery and Downtown Thursday for the Knicks parade and afterwards some will be interested in going to Liberty and Ellis, making easy prey for the hawkers.
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Speaking to the outlet, fellow officer Muhammad Shamsul Alam Sarkar said that most of those who died were hawkers of plastic items and worked in the town of Chowmuhani.
Noun
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The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.
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Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters.
Noun
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Many antique purchases for the store are made through private sales between dealers, but some of Corbett’s favorite and most prized possessions have come from auctions and estate sales.
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According to court records, between March and September 2024, investigators reportedly made 11 purchases of drugs from various dealers.
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“Peddlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddlers. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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