as in distributes
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 peddles
The real stakes, however, could be for the investors in the company that brought the world the Enhanced Games with the idea of turning it into a new-age online pharmacy that peddles performance enhancers under medical supervision.
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Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
A little girl covered head to toe in an all-enveloping cloak furiously peddles a bicycle.
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Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
A little girl covered head to toe in an all-enveloping cloak furiously peddles a bicycle.
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Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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distributes
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Skyline Media distributes more than 800 foreign films and represents more than 150 Vietnamese and Southeast Asian titles as sales agent, with a reach spanning more than 50 countries and territories through upward of 130 partnerships.
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Unless the settlement fund is established and distributes payments, that scenario is unlikely.
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“Peddles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddles. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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