as in peddled
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 hawked
The French queen’s jewels and furniture command record-breaking prices at auction; her porcelain and palace fabrics are reproduced and hawked by homeware brands; and her likeness is used on everything from expensive candles to throw blankets.
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Dana Thomas, Bloomberg, 31 Dec. 2025
Counterfeit Lincoln wheat pennies, made in China, are being hawked.
—USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Their active ingredients are virtually indistinguishable from those of the many oral supplements already hawked by the wellness industry.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
In the late 19th century, traveling salesmen hawked concoctions of snake oil, uranium, or anything vaguely iridescent and passed it off as a youth tonic to unsuspecting customers.
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Temu is a marketplace platform, which means the majority of the goods sold on Temu are hawked by third-party sellers.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
The shirts that are hawked outside the Coliseum today are much more hastily made.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Dana Thomas, Bloomberg, 31 Dec. 2025
Counterfeit Lincoln wheat pennies, made in China, are being hawked.
—USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Their active ingredients are virtually indistinguishable from those of the many oral supplements already hawked by the wellness industry.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
In the late 19th century, traveling salesmen hawked concoctions of snake oil, uranium, or anything vaguely iridescent and passed it off as a youth tonic to unsuspecting customers.
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Temu is a marketplace platform, which means the majority of the goods sold on Temu are hawked by third-party sellers.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
The shirts that are hawked outside the Coliseum today are much more hastily made.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawked
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Federal prosecutors say Katzin ran a ring of drug dealers who peddled fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin to customers throughout the city and Sklar was one of her underlings.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The same lukewarm financial advice peddled by thousands of literal talking heads on Instagram Reels is slop.—
Mia Sato,
The Verge,
29 Jan. 2026
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Difficulty getting Black films distributed However, when Souders came into filmmaking, her early 1922 contract came at a precarious time for the industry.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
10 Feb. 2026
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Many hotels have created custom or signature scents that are distributed through professional diffusers, like HVAC systems.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Hawked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawked. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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