peddle
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Dove and La Roche-Posay peddle samples of antiperspirant and sunscreen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
After the overwhelming success of “Float On” and “Good News…,” Modest Mouse continued to peddle an unlikely balance of DIY quirk with commercial polish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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
In the Old City, home to a small but vibrant Christian community and several important churches, red baubles hang from some trees, shopkeepers have put up Christmas decorations and street vendors peddle warm chestnuts.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Why should a man deliberately plunge outside of history and peddle an obscenity, my mind went on abstractedly.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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"Everything is there. I was stuck here," he told AFP in Karachi, near the well-known Bengali market where he peddles desiccated fish and prawns to make ends meet for $7 to $9 per day.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
A defining aspiration for the country, the dream peddles the concept of upward mobility so that anyone might achieve success if they just work hard enough.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2024
Another witness said she saw Joshua "going at a fair rate" stood up on his peddles beginning to cross the carriageway and that it did not look like he was going to stop.
From BBC ● May 2, 2023
Instead, like most graphers, he peddles his merchandise to a dealer, who in turn hawks it at a significant markup on eBay and other, more obscure autograph marketplaces.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2023
Down in the city, a merchant peddles his wares, the singsong strains of his voice reaching even here.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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Evergrande Group was once the face of Chinese real estate, surfing a decades-long property boom as it peddled home-ownership dreams.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
For the most part, Strong’s day-by-day chronicle of the war’s ups and downs was based on behind-the-scenes gossip and “extras” peddled by Manhattan newsboys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
But there was a time when their importance, along with the activists who peddled their ideas, rivaled those of politicians themselves.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025
El Diablo, however, knew where the bodies were buried — a knowledge he peddled tirelessly to his U.S. handlers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
The poor chap peddled it around Europe, passing out pamphlets at conventions.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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She stands charged with corruption and influence peddling over alleged lobbying for Renault-Nissan between October 2009 and February 2013 while she was a member of the European Parliament.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Sunday Times carries comments from unnamed friends of the King who the paper says have called Earl Spencer a "hypocrite" who is "peddling Diana's privacy".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Ms. Barci de Moraes has denied influence peddling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The little L.A. shop was a destination for Hello Kitty fans for decades when it decided to dive into a massive new wave of e-commerce — peddling its products live on TikTok.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
And to meet the demand, the number of commercial enterprises peddling guided ascents of the Seven Summits, especially Everest, has multiplied correspondingly.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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