peddler

“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

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

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

Disguised as a peddler he went to the court where the lad was said to be, with gay ornaments in his pack such as women love, and also some fine weapons.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

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

Most peddlers sold song sheets, two for a penny, and families would buy them and gather about their pianos to sing songs such as "Cherry Ripe" and "In My Father's Garden."

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman