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
He grew up believing his father was a poor street peddler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2025
Dr Yang, who previously worked for China's Ministry of State Security, was nicknamed the "democracy peddler", but his writings often avoided direct criticisms of the government.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024
“But we might have to leave Naples before too long. Many suffer from hunger, Jewish and Christian. The other day, a Jewish peddler sold his son into slavery to feed the rest of his family.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Families popped it over wood stoves; peddlers sold it in paper cones at circuses, carnivals and busy promenades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 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
Each new conflict, or election season, provides new opportunities for disinformation peddlers to demonstrate the latest AI advances.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
In their new guises — as a podcast host in Kelly's case, and whatever Carlson's fiddling with on X – they're doubt peddlers with a mainstream pedigree and the appearance of being politically connected.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2023
Jacob is struggling to keep up, trying to duck and weave past all the peasants and peddlers in the road.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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