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[ped-l] / ˈpɛd l /


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The cargo e-bikes that couriers peddle around Manhattan cannot travel faster than 12 miles per hour.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Researchers have also warned that X's model -- allowing premium accounts to earn payouts based on engagement -- has turbocharged the financial incentive to peddle false or sensational content.

From Barron's Mar. 15, 2026

"We are a normal family, but we do have to peddle a lot harder than everyone else to achieve the same," said Danni.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2026

The sentencing judge found that Peters was motivated by vanity and personal aggrandizement rather than genuine concern for election integrity, describing her as a charlatan who used her former position to peddle disproven claims.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 21, 2025

Black market vendors left their normal posts in front of theaters and cinemas, and stationed themselves in front of the Dom Sindikata to peddle entrance tickets to the match, which were in great demand.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

"Everything is there. I was stuck here," he told AFP in Karachi, near the well-known Bengali market where he peddles desiccated fish and prawns to make ends meet for $7 to $9 per day.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

Another witness said she saw Joshua "going at a fair rate" stood up on his peddles beginning to cross the carriageway and that it did not look like he was going to stop.

From BBC May 2, 2023

Instead, like most graphers, he peddles his merchandise to a dealer, who in turn hawks it at a significant markup on eBay and other, more obscure autograph marketplaces.

From Seattle Times Mar. 26, 2023

Rodriguez is Director of Partnerships at Soflo Snacks, a Miami-based company that peddles what he calls "collectibles" in the snack space — "like a physical NFT."

From Salon Apr. 6, 2022

Down in the city, a merchant peddles his wares, the singsong strains of his voice reaching even here.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Gertrude and Leo Stein split their collection in 1913-14, with Gertrude taking “Femme,” which she soon peddled to her brother Michael and his wife, Sarah.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

El Diablo, however, knew where the bodies were buried — a knowledge he peddled tirelessly to his U.S. handlers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2025

Kennedy has no medical expertise and peddled a range of harmful quackery as a private citizen, including anti-vaccination rhetoric and the benefits of chugging raw milk.

From Salon Feb. 7, 2025

The farmers' demonstration was best summed up in two images: real tractors being driven by farmers around Parliament Square, and beside them a collection of toy tractors being peddled around by their children.

From BBC Nov. 19, 2024

She climbed back on her bicycle and peddled toward her small cottage in the nearby town of Oxford, where she was known as “Mrs. Brewer,” a refugee from Germany and mother of two.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Like “Born in the U.S.A.” and “Rockin’ in the Free World,” “Pink Houses” was practically destined to be misinterpreted by elected salesmen peddling easy fantasies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Authorities, however, see such leaks as proof that “moles” were peddling secrets for profit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Barton has no training and less than zero credibility, having been caught repeatedly peddling easily disproved lies.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

Last month his wife Begoña Gómez was charged with embezzlement, influence peddling, corruption in business dealings and misappropriation of funds.

From BBC May 27, 2026

The pretty heroine would have to get on piece work in the factory; her sensitive brother would have to go out peddling papers.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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