as in militants
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 peddles
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 hawks
Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Birds of prey, including eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons, circle overhead, while bison gather to compete for mates (around August) or to calve (which usually takes place in April).
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Starkey and state wildlife officials emphasized the important role snakes play in the environment — both as predators and as prey for hawks, coyotes and other wild animals.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The only fly in the ointment was the inability of the hawks to create an empirical, granular analysis to back up their seat-of-the-pants judgments.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
But future meetings could see continued division as hawks point to inflation still running above the Fed’s 2% target and other economic data signaling resilience.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
That leaves fiscal hawks in a strange position.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
The Big Story The return of earmarks to the annual government funding bills has sparked a battle among Republicans on Capitol Hill, pitting fiscal hawks against members of the Appropriations Committees and their allies.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
While China hawks and lawmakers from both parties criticized the H20 move, the White House argues that withholding the sale could actually help China to leapfrog the US in the race to build artificial intelligence chips.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
In the late 1800s, with farmers upset about losing poultry to raptors, Pennsylvania offered 50-cent bounties for the heads of merlins and other hawks and owls, and paid $90,000 over two years.
—Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Birds of prey, including eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons, circle overhead, while bison gather to compete for mates (around August) or to calve (which usually takes place in April).
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Starkey and state wildlife officials emphasized the important role snakes play in the environment — both as predators and as prey for hawks, coyotes and other wild animals.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The only fly in the ointment was the inability of the hawks to create an empirical, granular analysis to back up their seat-of-the-pants judgments.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
But future meetings could see continued division as hawks point to inflation still running above the Fed’s 2% target and other economic data signaling resilience.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
That leaves fiscal hawks in a strange position.
—Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
The Big Story The return of earmarks to the annual government funding bills has sparked a battle among Republicans on Capitol Hill, pitting fiscal hawks against members of the Appropriations Committees and their allies.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 Aug. 2025
While China hawks and lawmakers from both parties criticized the H20 move, the White House argues that withholding the sale could actually help China to leapfrog the US in the race to build artificial intelligence chips.
—Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawks
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In all, the attacks by al-Qaida militants killed 2,977 people, including many financial workers at the World Trade Center and firefighters and police officers who had rushed to the burning buildings trying to save lives.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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The conflict began after the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas militants that killed 1,200 people and resulted in the capture of 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures.—
Sachin Ravikumar,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Every capital markets journey changes you and your business.—
Jessica Billingsley,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
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Aleph Alpha in Germany, with funding from SAP, Bosch, and Schwarz Group, markets itself as a sovereign alternative.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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That reference to unspecified warmongers hewed to her unfortunate pattern of spreading conspiracy theories.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Hawks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawks. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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