peddler
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“He is an American manifestation, the peddler at our door,” he says.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026
So when a peddler arrives with a rare item and information, the overseer’s interest is piqued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Iris is visibly insecure about Isaac’s conversations with other women, including the strawberry peddler who coos that he has “soft hands,” and his mother, who dials him up to crack inside jokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
Gherie Wedeyesus, a teacher from Brent, said: "Let's put an end to this peddler of misery. Let's end this reign of terror and abolish Ofsted."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2023
There is a joke about a peddler who decided to train his horse to get by without eating.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Soon the peddlers men gave up on coal and the bistro was born—created not by Parisians, but by Aveyronnais immigrants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
These are all committed peddlers of nonsense, but none has committed quite so fully, with so little regard for his or her personal reputation, as Lindell.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025
To put it another way, disinformation peddlers need only make a claim that sounds plausible or might even have a small kernel of truth to influence the unwary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
A century or more ago, peddlers went from town to town selling tonics and pills that they said could cure just about any problem.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
We’d already seen how she could make short work of peddlers even when they weren’t lippy.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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