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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.
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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.
—
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
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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.
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As the managing broker of RE/MAX United's Raleigh office, Edwards has spent nearly 13 years helping buyers and sellers navigate one of life's biggest transitions.
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But because World Cup ticket prices have surged since the tournament began, those sellers have been forced to either buy expensive tickets to fulfill their orders or cancel and accept penalties from resale platforms.
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After settling along India’s west coast, many Parsis built their lives as merchants in bustling ports.
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Well over 90 percent of the Africans captured in Africa and shipped across the Atlantic were captured by African merchants and African elites.
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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.
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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.
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The Conjuring–verse is an exercise in branding, the brainchild of master hucksters Ed and Lorraine Warren.
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Many of these important pieces ended up in museums around the world thanks to art dealers who either faked provenance papers or smuggled them out of the country.
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In the real world, automakers can use the allocation to pressure dealers into doing just about anything.
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“Peddlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddlers. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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