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

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

Before hawker centers, informal street vendors were harshly policed.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Social distancing meant every second seat was taped off at a hawker centre or cinema.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2023

I watched the hawker head back across the street.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda