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
Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
But more traditional foreign policy hawks, many of whom staunchly back U.S. aid to Ukraine, are facing significant heartburn.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Mar. 2025
Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
But the service also acts as a general store that fulfills every scammer’s needs, with sellers hawking victim contact details, deepfake tools to trick targets, fake investment websites, and more.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Recommended Peace Amid Gaza ceasefire’s uncertainty, Palestinians focus on survival
But challenges still lie ahead, from predators like ravens and hawks to severe weather.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
But more traditional foreign policy hawks, many of whom staunchly back U.S. aid to Ukraine, are facing significant heartburn.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
Reacher, a man who famously owns nothing more than a passport, a toothbrush, and the clothes on his Mt. Rushmore–size back, is hawking vinyl?
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
But the service also acts as a general store that fulfills every scammer’s needs, with sellers hawking victim contact details, deepfake tools to trick targets, fake investment websites, and more.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
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A week earlier, President Donald Trump himself — historically not a fan of EVs — peddled Teslas on the South Lawn of the White House, giving the company’s shares a sharp but short-lived bump.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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Miller was sent to the New York Rangers for a trio of assets, the highest upside of which was then peddled to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a top-four defender in Marcus Pettersson and a good middle-six forward with plus speed and size in Drew O’Connor.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Keemo Fashion Group Ltd continues to operate in the apparel and garment trading business, focusing on wholesaling to distributors mainly based in China.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
14 Mar. 2025
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Chen stressed that Strahan’s collections will continue to be wholesaled at those retailers as well as others such as Dick’s Sporting Goods and Fanatics, which offer his more casual collections including those created for the Super Bowl as well as his line for the UFL league.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
26 Feb. 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 31 Mar. 2025.
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