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picket

[pik-it] / ˈpɪk ɪt /


NOUN
person who demonstrates for cause
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The RMT said its previous strike on Tuesday "was strongly supported by RMT members with well attended picket lines at Tube stations and depots".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

A market in which private equity increasingly buys up single-family housing isn’t going to yield havens of picket fences and prosperity.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

As for your question, I’m on both sides of the picket fence; I see why your daughter is upset, and I also understand why you are willing to help your daughter.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Executives said the plant has enough workers crossing the picket line to run a partial shift during parts of the strike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Jahrling, his wife, and their three children lived in Thurmont, not far from Nancy and Jerry Jaax, in a brick ranch house with a white picket fence out front.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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