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picket

[pik-it] / ˈpɪk ɪt /


NOUN
person who demonstrates for cause
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Sweeney said this had "provoked a significant picket and protest at the site".

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

The legal fight carries broad implications for a mayor who focused his campaign on affordability and has walked picket lines for workers seeking better wages.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

You would like to get married, have 2.5 kids and buy a house with a white picket fence.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Owning a house with a white picket fence?

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

And Turner, Turner skipped across the front yard and through the picket gate.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Despite some arrests, the authorities seem unable to prevent the pickets.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2025

While some earlier protests did turn violent, she wrote, recent pickets outside Portland’s ICE headquarters have featured lawn chairs and low energy.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2025

On pickets, speeches captured the dark but defiant mood.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2024

While pickets lines seem to be everywhere this year, union membership rates have been declining for decades.

From Seattle Times Oct. 31, 2023

Buford rode out far enough to see the pickets for himself, then he rode back toward the green hills.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

A Jerusalem cafe picketed for weeks by observant Jews said Thursday it had agreed to shut on the Sabbath, bowing to demands despite counter-protests by secular Israelis.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

He picketed alone outside Google and Microsoft in his home city of Seattle, carrying a sign: “Death of Human Invention & Discovery = Depressing,” according to his social-media posts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Wednesday, Granados and dozens of Pantry workers picketed the diner, holding signs that read, “We Are the Pantry.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2025

Workers picketed outside their newsroom in London to protest the proposed sale to Tortoise Media, arguing it had been “rushed through” without the support of the staff.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2024

“Most of the Long Knives’ horses were picketed there.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

Schneider faces misdemeanor charges of stalking and targeted residential picketing in American Fork and similar charges in Provo, where he went after the Bricks & Minifigs corporate offices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

But during the Oscars, which was produced by Quincy Jones, Goldberg, who was hosting, took a swipe at the civil rights leader who was picketing across town.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

The law states that it does not “prohibit any expressive conduct including peaceful picketing or other peaceful demonstration.”

From Salon Jan. 20, 2026

The union said it was preparing to challenge the injunction, but said it agreed to abide by the law on picketing.

From BBC May 31, 2025

“Our decision to reestablish picketing is prompted by the highest patriotic motives,” Paul said, arguing that the most patriotic thing women could do was to fight for inclusion in the democratic process.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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