peddle

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Researchers have also warned that X's model -- allowing premium accounts to earn payouts based on engagement -- has turbocharged the financial incentive to peddle false or sensational content.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

"We are a normal family, but we do have to peddle a lot harder than everyone else to achieve the same," said Danni.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

The sentencing judge found that Peters was motivated by vanity and personal aggrandizement rather than genuine concern for election integrity, describing her as a charlatan who used her former position to peddle disproven claims.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025

Perhaps predictably, others have been using the post to boost their own scams, latching onto the moment to peddle their medbed products or even try to sell the medbed cards promised in the video.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025

“You can’t even peddle hot dogs in the streets. Was that man angry. He says you gave him more trouble than any vendor he ever had.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole