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
Peter L. Hahn / Made By History, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants and a fluent Spanish speaker, is a longtime hawk on Cuba and Venezuela policy.
—Simon Lewis and Matt Spetalnick, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety As for cinema operators, there weren’t enough new movies to hawk on their marquees — though streamers did help fill in the gap.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The brutal Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023 stoked the anger of Israel’s hawks and eviscerated the credibility of its doves.
—Peter L. Hahn / Made By History, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants and a fluent Spanish speaker, is a longtime hawk on Cuba and Venezuela policy.
—Simon Lewis and Matt Spetalnick, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
Never before has an incoming administration been staffed with so many people hawking their own personal brands and lines of products.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety As for cinema operators, there weren’t enough new movies to hawk on their marquees — though streamers did help fill in the gap.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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Fitness influencers are peddling the low-impact cardio workout as an alternative to the gym.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Bobby is one of Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks, given his history of peddling conspiracy theories and hard-to-characterize political views.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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The 15-million-person region along the US-Mexico border, with cities such as San Diego; Tucson, Arizona; and El Paso, Texas, is rich in businesses from manufacturing and wholesaling trade to transportation and warehousing.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Another engine of growth was wholesaling to retailers like Nordstrom and REI, which bolstered Mr. Kudla’s vision of a brand that could exist alongside both fashion labels and outdoor gear.—
Max Berlinger,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The movie undoubtedly lays the wood on several in Bush’s inner circle — Thandie Newton’s impression of Condoleezza Rice is particularly mean — as W. ponders what happens when a useful idiot falls under the sway of warmongers with bad intel.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
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Predictably, Washington's warmongers are apoplectic.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
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Election 2024 live updates:Trump attacks Cheney and calls her a 'war hawk' Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
1 Nov. 2024
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But critics of Washington’s hyper-aggressive foreign policy need to understand that the flight of many of the worst war hawks from the Republican Party does not mean the GOP has returned to its non-interventionist roots.—
Connor Okeeffe,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2024
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“Hawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawk. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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