as in to hawk
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 peddle
Stafford, 37, had drawn considerable interest after the Rams granted his representatives permission to seek the potential financial parameters from another clubs if L.A. elected to peddle him.
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Jay Paris, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Head coach Mike McDaniel is peddling a bike every year.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
As of now, the Ducks are in excellent shape with the salary cap — $17.3 million available now, and $39.5 million for 2025-26 — but don’t have many useful impending unrestricted free agents to peddle.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
DeMille, a social media specialist with a background in marketing, has highlighted influencers using the Los Angeles wildfires to peddle detoxes, fear mongering about parasites, and making claims about supplements that sound different than the disclaimers on the product's websites.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jay Paris, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Head coach Mike McDaniel is peddling a bike every year.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
As of now, the Ducks are in excellent shape with the salary cap — $17.3 million available now, and $39.5 million for 2025-26 — but don’t have many useful impending unrestricted free agents to peddle.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
DeMille, a social media specialist with a background in marketing, has highlighted influencers using the Los Angeles wildfires to peddle detoxes, fear mongering about parasites, and making claims about supplements that sound different than the disclaimers on the product's websites.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddle
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And the ideal that what Biden at the White House is similar to the Trump basically being a salesman and hawking Teslas on the front lawn of the White House is completely different.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
16 Mar. 2025
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Trump went from hawking pizza to sitting in the Oval Office.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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When Are April 2025 Benefits Paid? Retirement checks are distributed throughout the month, based on the recipient's birth date and the duration of their benefit payments.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Despite being distributed by Prime Video, the show is 100% independently owned and operated.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
22 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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“Peddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddle. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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