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
Moreover, skeptics of Scobie's work have accused him of being a peddler for the former Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2023
The audience is too fragmented, spread too thin across a fractured media landscape for any catchphrase, any peddler, however inventive, to reach this scale of recognition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
She misses standing on the balcony and lowering the basket down with a rope for the peddler to fill with pineapples and coconuts.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
For peddlers of body-care products and other hygiene items, from dish detergent to air freshener, winning in the attention economy can include creating a fear of missing out on “limited edition” entertainment tie-ins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 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
For five of its six episodes “Apple Cider Vinegar” hammers across – subconsciously, granted — the notion of shared culpability between the medical profession and snake oil wellness peddlers.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 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
He saw peddlers and fruit sellers and sidewalks crammed with pushcarts.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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