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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.
—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
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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Satellite venues where key vendors also concentrate include the Grand Hilai in Nangang and the Grand Hyatt in Xinyi.—
John Burek,
PC Magazine,
2 June 2026
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The festival will include various performances, entertainment, vendors, food trucks and more.—
Kaitlyn McCormick,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Compounding the challenge, shipping costs have risen steadily in recent years, squeezing sellers between the pressure to stay price-competitive and an ever-growing cost base.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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With inventory rising and prices stabilizing, sellers are more open to negotiation than in recent years.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Participating merchants generally must fill out a refund document, and will need the traveler’s passport (or, sometimes, a photo of the passport) to do so, Steves wrote.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
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Authorities also reported identifying and citing multiple merchants for selling tobacco products to minors during the current state grant funding cycle.—
Bay City News Service,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
Noun
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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.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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Across history, hawkers of new communications technologies have expressed a desire to smooth out and speed up human conversation.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
Noun
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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.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Conjuring–verse is an exercise in branding, the brainchild of master hucksters Ed and Lorraine Warren.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The fair’s growing Parisian footprint remains one of its defining features, with major local dealers including Mennour, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Galerie Lelong, Perrotin, Almine Rech, Crèvecœur, mor charpentier, galerie frank elbaz, and Galerie Christophe Gaillard all returning.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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Lotus is taking orders for the variant now through dealers and expects deliveries to begin in August.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Peddlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddlers. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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