peddled

past tense of peddle
as in hawked
to sell from place to place usually in small quantities seldom saw their father, who traveled around the country peddling Bibles

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Recent Examples of peddled Sensitive details such as real-time locations, banking records, and passport scans are now being peddled on platforms like Telegram. Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 That six-episode series posited a theory about the people who are fueling the dangerous and delusional theories peddled under the moniker of QAnon. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024 The claims peddled by the actors and false primary sources in the videos fall apart upon basic inspection. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024 Continue reading … -- PRIMETIME LAURA INGRAHAM – Don't fall for the propaganda that's being peddled by the regime media. Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024 China has long peddled this narrative in Southeast Asia, particularly among authoritarian-leaning governments such as Cambodia, as has Russia in the Middle East. Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2018

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“Peddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddled. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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