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hawker

[haw-ker] / ˈhɔ kər /


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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

Then the singsong cries of a beans hawker floated in through the window.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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