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Picketed by strikers, many university classroom buildings were almost empty, but students and teachers convened on campus lawns or in private apartments to resume their work.

From Time Magazine Archive

Picketed in the open plain or in the partial shelter of the occasional "spinneys," they stood with ears drooping and tails to the wind, pictures of dejection.

From On the Fringe of the Great Fight by Nasmith, George G. (George Gallie)

Picketed Monte & Pete as may need doctor if Bud grows worse.

From Cabin Fever by Bower, B. M.

Picketed steeds loom large in the darkness, their forms dimly outlined against the sombre background of the forest.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne