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picketing

[pik-it-ing] / ˈpɪk ɪt ɪŋ /


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“If Augusta National wants people picketing outside their gates,” he says, “they’d stop the gnome.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Those early years were marked by bitter and sometimes brutal incidents involving picketing farm workers who screamed “ Huelga! “

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 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

Workers picketing at the Port of Philadelphia started marching in a circle at a rail crossing outside the port, chanting: “No work without a fair contract.”

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

Paul insisted that the picketing would “visualize the movement to the man and woman on the street.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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