peddle
verb (used with object)
to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
was peddling
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past progressiveof peddle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Cooper said the Iranian government was "peddling its manufactured narrative of foreign manipulation" and had portrayed protesters as criminals and terrorists.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
Yang summed up his own tenure in terms of the divisive holiday drink he was peddling.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
Senate, and to hear the outcry you’d have thought he was peddling swampland or calling for the execution of puppies and kittens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
After raising nearly $1 billion, Theranos collapsed amid revelations that the purportedly revolutionary technology she was peddling was horribly flawed.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
Household was peddling these deceptive mortgages all over the country.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
