vend

Example Sentences

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The passage of a handful of local laws this year also will make it easier to vend on L.A-area streets, in part by softening penalties for noncompliance with Department of Public Health regulations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Some vend out of necessity, to pay bills and care for their children.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

Indigenous hop pickers also took the opportunity to vend their own goods to local Seattleites.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022

Mr. Rossi said that he argued in court that the state law overruled city regulations and allowed him to vend in areas that would otherwise be off limits.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2020

“Money? No money was stolen. After all, there was no money to steal, for I had not been able to vend even one of these delicacies. He stole the hot dogs. “

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole