as in hawked
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 peddled
Or just a narrative peddled by talking heads on TV?
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
The pair — who have been dating since June 2023 and welcomed a baby boy together earlier this year — peddled side by side on the water.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Miller was sent to the New York Rangers for a trio of assets, the highest upside of which was then peddled to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a top-four defender in Marcus Pettersson and a good middle-six forward with plus speed and size in Drew O’Connor.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
The princess fairytale—peddled to young women with alarming vigour—ends with a normal girl marrying a prince and entering her happily ever after, a from-scratch success much like Meghan’s trajectory from Suits to sovereigns.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
By 1990, bootleg versions of the book had washed up for sale in the pages of far-right magazines, peddled alongside sulfurous predictions of American concentration camps and a helpful who’s who of global elitists.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The suit also alleges that Burgess peddled a false Porter memoir on Amazon, which was removed from the site after it was denounced by Porter’s family.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
This is mainly the case because what's being peddled by these champions of freedom is spin, self-serving falsity, and whole-cloth fabrications.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Postcards showing a trench filled with hundreds of Moro bodies were peddled as souvenirs on the streets of Jolo.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
The pair — who have been dating since June 2023 and welcomed a baby boy together earlier this year — peddled side by side on the water.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Miller was sent to the New York Rangers for a trio of assets, the highest upside of which was then peddled to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a top-four defender in Marcus Pettersson and a good middle-six forward with plus speed and size in Drew O’Connor.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
The princess fairytale—peddled to young women with alarming vigour—ends with a normal girl marrying a prince and entering her happily ever after, a from-scratch success much like Meghan’s trajectory from Suits to sovereigns.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
By 1990, bootleg versions of the book had washed up for sale in the pages of far-right magazines, peddled alongside sulfurous predictions of American concentration camps and a helpful who’s who of global elitists.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The suit also alleges that Burgess peddled a false Porter memoir on Amazon, which was removed from the site after it was denounced by Porter’s family.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
This is mainly the case because what's being peddled by these champions of freedom is spin, self-serving falsity, and whole-cloth fabrications.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Postcards showing a trench filled with hundreds of Moro bodies were peddled as souvenirs on the streets of Jolo.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Peddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddled. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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