Thesaurus results for HAWKING

hawking

verb

Definition of hawking

present participle of hawk

as in peddling

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 hawking While training camp shows fluctuating results, the Packers are committed to improving their ball-hawking mentality. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Continue reading … RULES FOR THEE — Democrat pocketed six figures hawking health products after vowing not to. — FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 On the streets below, vendors are hawking bootleg merchandise as stragglers from the festivities color the sidewalks with blue-and-orange jerseys and hats. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026 Shopbop is hawking a few of its more summery styles, like this ceramic plate from Carolina K with traditional Mexican design influences. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 29 July 2026 Farage has many sources of income other than a lawmaker’s salary, including hawking gold bullion, hosting a TV current affairs show, public speaking and recording personal video messages on the Cameo platform. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content). — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026 Note the poster of the defector Mikhail Baryshnikov hawking Crime and Punishment. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 This was, first and foremost, a market formed around premium assets — star-level players on attractive deals like Kyrou and Tkachuk, or players 25 or under with star-level potential like Byram, Nemec, Samoskevich and Eklund — and for the most part, those aren’t the wares the Canucks are hawking. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 24 June 2026

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peddling

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With no cash and literally starving, Javier starts peddling drugs and animals from his clinic.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
Many of the messages are peddling a sense of pride and belonging — primal impulses at the heart of the MAGA movement.

— Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

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