peddle
verb (used with object)
to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
have peddled
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present perfectof peddle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Cline gets emails all the time from readers who lump him in with others who in recent years have peddled far less respectable just-so tales about the long-distant past.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2024
That’s true in real estate, too, where celebrities have peddled hashtagged images of luxury condos in exchange for payouts and swag.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Here’s a brief history of their relationship, minus the gajillion-million made-up stories that gossip outlets have peddled in the past 15 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2019
The similarity is not lost on the locals: for at least 500 years they have peddled it to religious pilgrims, most recently under the brand name Mannite.
From Time Magazine Archive
You tell me that you have peddled crucifixes: what more does Palamone expect of you?
From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Maurice Henry Hewlett
