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Asian hornets display predatory behaviour, including hawking in which they hover near hives.

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You’ve probably seen it on websites or labels from businesses hawking supplements or treatments that have no known grounding in science.

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The offer came not from a casting director, but a man hawking free cellphones.

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Every day, some of L.A.’s poorest residents line up outside the county benefits office in South Central, weaving their way through a swarm of salesmen hawking deals that feel too good to be true.

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Having a visible tan in Victorian times was a clear sign you were poor working class and probably spent most of your time hawking barrels of hay for very little recompense.

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