as in militant
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
the hawks were claiming that without war there could be no peace
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as in to peddle
to sell from place to place usually in small quantities
a determined bootstrapper who went from hawking newspapers on the street corner to running a media empire
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Recent Examples of hawk
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
29 June 2026
Should Democrats regain control of the House, or should Republican China hawks regain political momentum, lawmakers could revive aggressive legislation focused on strategic competition with China.
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Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
Danielle McNally,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
And for Matthews, a merch vendor hawking Knicks T-shirts near MSG, a Game 6, or even Game 7 victory would only mean the gravy train keeps on rolling.
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Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
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Noun
The grounds run wild with deer, fox, hawks, hummingbirds, and the occasional brown bear.
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Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
29 June 2026
Should Democrats regain control of the House, or should Republican China hawks regain political momentum, lawmakers could revive aggressive legislation focused on strategic competition with China.
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Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
Verb
But while men in suits are hawking skin care to tweens and trying not to be cringe, Gen-X and elder Millennial women have been amassing money, power, and influence.
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Danielle McNally,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
And for Matthews, a merch vendor hawking Knicks T-shirts near MSG, a Game 6, or even Game 7 victory would only mean the gravy train keeps on rolling.
—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawk
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The country is also home to several minority groups that have clashed with regime forces in the past, including Kurdish militants, Arab and Baloch separatists, among others.
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Since overthrowing the Assad dynasty and taking power in a lightning insurgency in December 2024, Syria’s new rulers have cracked down on militants from the extremist Islamic State group in an attempt to thwart attacks in and around the capital.
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For context, Barstool as a company, and Portnoy personally, have consistently been accused of peddling misogyny over the years.
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Influencers who peddle supplements and squats are ignoring the enormous role of societal conditions.
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At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi.
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The company doesn’t wholesale its collection.
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The gap between what Russians know to be true about the war and what the Kremlin says about it has grown so wide that even warmongers like Dugin struggle to bridge it.
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Putin, who ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022, casts European powers as warmongers for supporting Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars in support, weapons and intelligence.
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Authorities say electrical service in La Guaira has recovered to roughly 90%, while more than 5 million liters of water have been distributed across affected areas.
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Cut the butter into cubes and distribute throughout the packets.
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The latter, however, would upset the uber-nationalists and war hawks who believe that nothing short of Ukraine’s full capitulation is acceptable for the mighty Russian state.
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The latter, however, would upset the uber-nationalists and war hawks who believe that nothing short of Ukraine’s full capitulation is acceptable for the mighty Russian state.
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Lindsay also discusses the brand’s expansion of IP, including Pablo Sanchez, from video games to merchandise and streaming programming.
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But mutual contempt was perhaps an even less promising foundation to build a country on than merchandising.
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“Hawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawk. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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