hawker
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The ding on the movie is that Timothée Chalamet’s self-centered striver isn’t that different from Adam Sandler’s diamond hawker in “Uncut Gems.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
He is France's last newspaper hawker; maybe the last in Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025
Moses Mhlanga, 50, a Harare street hawker selling candy and snacks, said getting hold of dollars had been difficult for some informal workers, though was improving.
From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023
Accordingly, it is therefore unlikely that the ancestor of the barbastelle was a loud hawker that evolved into the whispering barbastelle as a response to insect hearing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2023
A hawker walked into the compound with an enamel tray covered in newspapers, holding up a browned lizard on a stick, chanting, “Mme mme suya! Mme mme suya!”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
