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
Ivana Saric, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Further complicating support for the legislation is that Republicans plan to raise the debt limit through reconciliation, another sensitive issue for fiscal hawks.
—Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
After President-elect Donald Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet in an assassination attempt over the summer, for example, sellers quickly started hawking merchandise with images of Trump at the rally.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Rubio, who has a reputation as a foreign policy hawk, will have his work cut out for him implementing Trump's foreign policy agenda, which includes swift ends to the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Further complicating support for the legislation is that Republicans plan to raise the debt limit through reconciliation, another sensitive issue for fiscal hawks.
—Andrew Duehren, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
The same cannot be said for the spas at five-star hotels and members clubs that are now hawking IVs and branded injections, ranging between $900 and $1,300 a session.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
After President-elect Donald Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet in an assassination attempt over the summer, for example, sellers quickly started hawking merchandise with images of Trump at the rally.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Patel, 44, has peddled a number of false conspiracy theories — including about the FBI's actions — since serving as an adviser in Trump's first administration.—
Kyler Alvord,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Postcards showing a trench filled with hundreds of Moro bodies were peddled as souvenirs on the streets of Jolo.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 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 proposal would open the door to wholesaling marijuana to the new entities, according to Savchenko.—
Dara Kam,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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Predictably, Washington's warmongers are apoplectic.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
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During the campaign, Trump and Vance cast themselves as men of peace while deriding their opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and her allies as warmongers.—
Peter D. Feaver,
Foreign Affairs,
6 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 29 Jan. 2025.
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