peddling

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But worse than the price hikes is the unsettling feeling that consumers are being gaslit by tech giants paying lip service to the gaming community while delaying product releases or peddling AI-generated “slop.”

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Spain's former Socialist prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has been placed under investigation for influence peddling and crimes allegedly committed in connection with the bailout of a small airline, a court said Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Separately, the prime minister's brother, David Sánchez, has been indicted in an investigation into alleged influence peddling tied to his hiring by a regional government.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

This was illustrated in a recent CNN interview with former tradwives — women who actually stayed at home and submitted to their husbands, not the ones peddling this fantasy on social media for cash.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Household was peddling these deceptive mortgages all over the country.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis