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picket

[pik-it] / ˈpɪk ɪt /


NOUN
person who demonstrates for cause
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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

Speaking on the picket line at the RVH on Monday, Dr Steven Montgomery, chairman of the BMA's Northern Ireland resident doctors committee, said everyone is "furious at the situation".

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

That success, and the money that nourishes it, has battalions of fans beyond Los Angeles all but marching outside ballparks with picket signs reading “SALARY CAP NOW.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

The following day, most of the women returned to the picket line.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

Women played a vital role in the dispute, organising food collections, distributions and fundraising, organising pickets and speaking at rallies.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2025

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

The NUM sent protesters - known as flying pickets - to disrupt and pressure working miners.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2024

Sentences wandered through the report like morning glory through the pickets of a fence.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

Less than three dozen people picketed outside of OpenAI’s offices, but the demonstration sparked a bitter feud on an effective altruist forum.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Steve Lubetkin was one of the comedians who picketed alongside Letterman, Dreesen and Leno, and when the strike ended, he panicked after he couldn’t get stage time in the following weeks.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 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

Strikers picketed on public roads near the mine.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell

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 for now, WGA’s staff union will be picketing outside of its Fairfax offices.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

Ministers really didn't want to do that with NHS staff picketing outside the parliament.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2026

Despite the obvious danger, we continued picketing and singing.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2025

After an intense lobbying campaign, which included letters, petitions, and more picketing, Carvie Oldham agreed to meet with tenants to hear their grievances—an important first.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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