as in militant
one who urges or attempts to cause a war
the hawks were claiming that without war there could be no peace
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as in to peddle
to sell from place to place usually in small quantities
a determined bootstrapper who went from hawking newspapers on the street corner to running a media empire
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Recent Examples of hawk
Tobias Burns, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
Equally significant will be the chorus of deficit hawks who insist the only way to remedy a bloated federal government is to restructure entitlement programs at risk of collapse in 10 years.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
LaGuardia wanted to improve the city’s image, but his law also banned the Christmas tree sellers, who had been hawking their spruces and pines for almost a century.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
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Noun
How long will tariff hawks wait? Tariff advocates are supporting Trump despite the delay, but also asserting their expectations for a comprehensive tariff package.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
Equally significant will be the chorus of deficit hawks who insist the only way to remedy a bloated federal government is to restructure entitlement programs at risk of collapse in 10 years.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
There is an existing video of John Scoggins, whose power pop album is one of Tiger Lily’s very best releases, hawking it on a local TV show.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
LaGuardia wanted to improve the city’s image, but his law also banned the Christmas tree sellers, who had been hawking their spruces and pines for almost a century.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
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Fitness influencers are peddling the low-impact cardio workout as an alternative to the gym.—
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Bobby is one of Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks, given his history of peddling conspiracy theories and hard-to-characterize political views.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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The 15-million-person region along the US-Mexico border, with cities such as San Diego; Tucson, Arizona; and El Paso, Texas, is rich in businesses from manufacturing and wholesaling trade to transportation and warehousing.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Another engine of growth was wholesaling to retailers like Nordstrom and REI, which bolstered Mr. Kudla’s vision of a brand that could exist alongside both fashion labels and outdoor gear.—
Max Berlinger,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The movie undoubtedly lays the wood on several in Bush’s inner circle — Thandie Newton’s impression of Condoleezza Rice is particularly mean — as W. ponders what happens when a useful idiot falls under the sway of warmongers with bad intel.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
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Predictably, Washington's warmongers are apoplectic.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
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Election 2024 live updates:Trump attacks Cheney and calls her a 'war hawk' Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
1 Nov. 2024
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But critics of Washington’s hyper-aggressive foreign policy need to understand that the flight of many of the worst war hawks from the Republican Party does not mean the GOP has returned to its non-interventionist roots.—
Connor Okeeffe,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2024
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“Hawk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawk. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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