as in peddling
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 hawking
Plus, the on-site food is purely ATL, with its food trucks hawking everything from Southern BBQ to vegan corn dogs.
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
There are more than 1,000 sellers on Stacked Golf, hawking putters, irons, and golf towels.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Some of their posts hawking these bulbs get millions of views, which might have more to do with how orange pops on a blue screen than with the health benefits.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
The 5-11 Lemon primarily played in the slot at USC, so his skill set is different from that of the big-bodied, ball-hawking Brown.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
The vibrant Chowrasta Market isn’t far either, hawking favourites from Penang’s diverse cultures, from roti canai to bowls of syrupy chendul.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Remember flipping through your cable channels and suddenly becoming entranced by someone hawking must-have knives or jewelry on QVC?
—Amanda Mull, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
In 1938, Pennington pitched a tent outside the hiring hall for workers building the Shasta Dam, set up some tree stumps for seats and started hawking grub.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Anyone older than thirty seemed to be hawking the contents of their apartments on the streets.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
There are more than 1,000 sellers on Stacked Golf, hawking putters, irons, and golf towels.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Some of their posts hawking these bulbs get millions of views, which might have more to do with how orange pops on a blue screen than with the health benefits.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
The 5-11 Lemon primarily played in the slot at USC, so his skill set is different from that of the big-bodied, ball-hawking Brown.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
The vibrant Chowrasta Market isn’t far either, hawking favourites from Penang’s diverse cultures, from roti canai to bowls of syrupy chendul.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Remember flipping through your cable channels and suddenly becoming entranced by someone hawking must-have knives or jewelry on QVC?
—Amanda Mull, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
In 1938, Pennington pitched a tent outside the hiring hall for workers building the Shasta Dam, set up some tree stumps for seats and started hawking grub.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Anyone older than thirty seemed to be hawking the contents of their apartments on the streets.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawking
peddling
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Or any of the Republican gym bros peddling supplements online and growling lifestyle advice into webcams.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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Federal agents swarmed a California park Wednesday as part of a sweeping operation targeting an infamous open-air drug market notorious for peddling fentanyl and methamphetamine.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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“Hawking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawking. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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