pickets
Example Sentences
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Despite some arrests, the authorities seem unable to prevent the pickets.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
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
She was nurtured in the UFW headquarters in Central California, and she and her cousins joked that her family held pickets instead of picnics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
The NUM sent protesters - known as flying pickets - to disrupt and pressure working miners.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024
Should we have used pickets, which generally prevent people from entering their place of work?
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
