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picketing

[pik-it-ing] / ˈpɪk ɪt ɪŋ /


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Richard Scandaliato, president of San Pedro’s South Shores Community Assn., said the reversal was “unbelievable” after months of near-weekly picketing and hundreds of letters that neighbors wrote to state officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The workers are currently picketing outside the Stage This studio in Sun Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

The suffragists grew accustomed to opposition to their goals and tactics from both men and women, but soon crowds gathered to oppose women picketing the White House.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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