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Meanings of peddling in English

Spanish
venta

The act of selling goods for a living.

venta
Usage of peddling in English
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Behind all this however, Grant says the government has been peddling hard.
Radio NZ
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This year, those peddling cheaper Chinese offerings are finding themselves under pressure.
Reuters
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Any company that suggests otherwise is peddling a false choice, Becerra said.
Reuters
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Great turnover when the Lions were back peddling fast and under pressure.
Radio NZ
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Walmart has already done much to restrict its peddling of lethal weapons.
Reuters
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It's an offensive argument, but one they're peddling day in, day out.
The Guardian
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It was six weeks of chicanery, drinking, prostitution, deal-making, vote-peddling, and corruption.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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You are a little, peddling Magician who works by rules and books.
The magician's nephew
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I was schooled by nuns peddling water-and-wine miracles, virgin birth, and resurrection.
Speaking in Bones
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Article tells about the smuggling of dope, and the peddling of it.
The new yorker
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Charney acted as if the corporate vision he was peddling were novel.
The Guardian
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I am not interested in anything you are peddling, the woman says.
Those who save us
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He's a modern Balaam, peddling God's blessings and curses-forthe long green.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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I'd look nice running around peddling your cussed old dope, wouldn't I?
Twenty Years of Hus'ling
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I was peddling my new-age nonsense apparently, trying to defend the indefensible.
The Irish Times
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There is too much money to be made through peddling violence and pornography.
The Irish Times
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Peddling through the time
Peddling across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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