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picket

[pik-it] / ˈpɪk ɪt /


NOUN
person who demonstrates for cause
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In 2023, workers accused the company of disrupting union activities, including implying workers could be dismissed for participating in a union protest and locking emergency exits on the day workers planned to picket outside.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 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

The 24-hour industrial action began at 07:00 BST on Thursday and ended at 07:00 on Friday, but there were no picket line demonstrations.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Finally, in late March, black ministers from the group not only gave their blessing to the action but joined students and other activists on the picket lines.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

And unions have been printing and distributing signs, organizing pickets and mega-rallies.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2026

The city council said it had suspended collections across the city for the day due to the "mass pickets and protests" across its depots.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2025

On pickets, speeches captured the dark but defiant mood.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2024

The Network started a website highlighting workers’ claims about Royal India and has held periodic pickets outside its Kirkland location since April 2023.

From Seattle Times Apr. 7, 2024

I felt her gaze pierce through the white clapboard and the pink wallpaper roses and uncover me, crouching there behind the silver pickets of the radiator.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

Outside a Disney Character Voices office earlier this month, dozens of actors picketed against video game companies for refusing to come to an agreement on using AI in video games.

From BBC Mar. 31, 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

With rare exceptions, the protesters picketed six days a week—every day but Sunday—through rain and snow and summer heat.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

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

WGA West staffers also played a key role in the strike, as they too joined the picketing lines.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 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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