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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

The recent colonisation of Norfolk hawker in counties beyond Norfolk and Suffolk was most likely due to climate change, with habitat changes also playing a significant role, the Broads Authority said.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2024

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

We stopped beside an ube hawker by the roadside, her bluish fruits displayed in pyramids on an enamel tray.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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