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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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But Kennedy has peddled conspiracy theories against a number of vaccines, both in public and in lawsuits, including those for measles and COVID-19.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Meth and fentanyl are peddled and used in plain sight, and severely impaired addicts curl up on the ground or limp along like half-dead characters in a fright film.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
The skincare trend, which a lot of us first came across when Nara Smith used it as the basis for her homemade moisturizer and which has since been peddled by reams of skinfluencers on TikTok, apparently does wonders for the skin.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
Sensitive details such as real-time locations, banking records, and passport scans are now being peddled on platforms like Telegram.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
That six-episode series posited a theory about the people who are fueling the dangerous and delusional theories peddled under the moniker of QAnon.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
The claims peddled by the actors and false primary sources in the videos fall apart upon basic inspection.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Continue reading … -- PRIMETIME LAURA INGRAHAM – Don't fall for the propaganda that's being peddled by the regime media.
—Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
China has long peddled this narrative in Southeast Asia, particularly among authoritarian-leaning governments such as Cambodia, as has Russia in the Middle East.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2018
Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Meth and fentanyl are peddled and used in plain sight, and severely impaired addicts curl up on the ground or limp along like half-dead characters in a fright film.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
The skincare trend, which a lot of us first came across when Nara Smith used it as the basis for her homemade moisturizer and which has since been peddled by reams of skinfluencers on TikTok, apparently does wonders for the skin.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
Sensitive details such as real-time locations, banking records, and passport scans are now being peddled on platforms like Telegram.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
That six-episode series posited a theory about the people who are fueling the dangerous and delusional theories peddled under the moniker of QAnon.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
The claims peddled by the actors and false primary sources in the videos fall apart upon basic inspection.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Continue reading … -- PRIMETIME LAURA INGRAHAM – Don't fall for the propaganda that's being peddled by the regime media.
—Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
China has long peddled this narrative in Southeast Asia, particularly among authoritarian-leaning governments such as Cambodia, as has Russia in the Middle East.
—Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2018
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“Peddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddled. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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