as in to hawk
to sell from place to place usually in small quantities
seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles
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Recent Examples of peddle
There is not a shred of doubt that the center is used to peddle the influence of Iran’s political Islam.
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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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
The shops had already stopped peddling their James Dean apparel after a previous restraining order was issued by the court.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
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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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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
The shops had already stopped peddling their James Dean apparel after a previous restraining order was issued by the court.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
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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And, online, the startups' advertisements hawking their wares often focus on hospitals and their periodic jousts with insurers.—
Darius Tahir,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
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That's at least how many Super Bowl ads this year were bought either by AI companies, companies hawking AI products, or companies touting that the ads themselves were created with AI.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Logical Pictures Group said that the deal strengthened its historic links with Gondry and his longtime producer Georges Bermann at Partizan, forged by The Jokers Films, which distributed the director’s 2023 drama The Book of solutions and Maya Give Me A Title.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
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The handouts are intended to be distributed in recreational areas such as parks, nature preserves and hiking trails.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Prices on apparel wholesaling climbed 5%, while the apparel, jewelry, footwear and accessories retailing category spiked 8%.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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The idea was to create the first ever international drugstore chain operator and drug wholesaling company.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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“Peddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddle. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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