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noun

Definition of hawksnext
plural of hawk
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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hawks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hawk
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
Noun
Prosecutors said investigators traced the deaths of 118 eagles and 107 hawks directly to Branson. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 There have long been owls and hawks who live outside of zoos in New York, and there’s a fate that awaits them. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026 The document cites a 2018 report partially funded by Fish and Game that found the bird’s population had increased to about 18,810 pairs — Swainson’s hawks tend toward monogamy. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026 Animal lovers can also visit The Raptor Center to see eagles, owls, and hawks up close while learning about wildlife rehabilitation. — Samantha Lande, Midwest Living, 30 July 2026 So too are scavengers like eagles and hawks that feast on rotting remains. — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 But McGurk and other hawks countered that Iran’s aerial attack had nearly succeeded. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Americans now live in a world where liberal Zionists are no longer the outer, most Palestine-sympathetic edge of a coalition dominated by militant Zionist hawks. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 The budget resolution has a top line of $95 billion in spending, and does not include instructions for offsets, a sore point for fiscal hawks who oppose spending without budgetary cuts to reduce spending levels. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026
Verb
The 59-year-old also hawks a jewelry line for HSN and is a partner for hair-extension brand Locks and Mane. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026 One does detect in Iran hawks a kind of 'will to destruction' and hatred of boring, civilized diplomacy. — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 Thinking about fashion as a career, Schiaparelli hawks her sketches. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026 Her Sharon Coombs is a high-end insurance broker who hawks pricey policies to wealthy clients, sugaring her pitch with a hint of seduction. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawks
  1. militants
  2. peddles
  3. warmongers
  4. markets
  5. war hawks
  6. distributes
Noun
  • Boko Haram militants in Nigeria are using (mostly closed) AI to plan attacks and gain tactical advantages, The New York Times reported.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • That standoff lasted 41 days, ending with the arrest of the militants and the death of one, rancher Robert LaVoy Finicum, who was shot by law enforcement.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of militants
Verb
  • The real stakes, however, could be for the investors in the company that brought the world the Enhanced Games with the idea of turning it into a new-age online pharmacy that peddles performance enhancers under medical supervision.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
  • A little girl covered head to toe in an all-enveloping cloak furiously peddles a bicycle.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of peddles
Noun
  • The gap between what Russians know to be true about the war and what the Kremlin says about it has grown so wide that even warmongers like Dugin struggle to bridge it.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • Putin, who ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022, casts European powers as warmongers for supporting Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars in support, weapons and intelligence.
    — Guy Faulconbridge, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Definition of warmongers
Verb
  • Celsius markets its energy drinks to athletes and health-conscious consumers and has exploded in popularity in recent years.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Gold House markets movies, advises studios, invests in startups and now produces films and television.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of markets
Noun
  • The latter, however, would upset the uber-nationalists and war hawks who believe that nothing short of Ukraine’s full capitulation is acceptable for the mighty Russian state.
    — Daniel DePetris, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
  • Great Again isolationists and GOP war hawks.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of war hawks
Verb
  • The Confederation of African Football, which is more dependent on the money FIFA distributes than other continental confederations, has backed Infantino.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Payout Date, also known as the payment date, is the day the company distributes the dividend to eligible shareholders.
    — Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of distributes

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