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picket
noun as in person who demonstrates for cause
noun as in person acting as guard
verb as in protest against, for cause
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Example Sentences
While some earlier protests did turn violent, she wrote, recent pickets outside Portland’s ICE headquarters have featured lawn chairs and low energy.
“Yes, absolutely,” she said when asked about joining the Kaiser picket line.
"We will have a strong mandate for strike action and if peoples jobs are at risk, people will turn out on the picket lines as well."
In Edinburgh, UCU members have appeared on picket lines at several of the university's sites around the city since Monday.
Hanging from picket fences that separate lawns, Stars and Stripes mingled with flags for the pro-police campaign Blue Lives Matter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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