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picket

[pik-it] / ˈpɪk ɪt /


NOUN
person who demonstrates for cause
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In 2023, workers accused the company of disrupting union activities, including implying workers could be dismissed for participating in a union protest and locking emergency exits on the day workers planned to picket outside.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

You would like to get married, have 2.5 kids and buy a house with a white picket fence.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Union members last week held an information picket outside a Blue Jays baseball game in Toronto to highlight a call for all work-related duties to be paid, including boarding, delays and safety checks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Owning a house with a white picket fence?

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

She pulled together picket lines, marches, mass rallies, and demonstrations.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

A West Midlands Police spokesperson said officers were still sent to pickets but did not explain why they reduced the number while the city council said it was warned of the move just hours beforehand.

From BBC May 16, 2025

On pickets, speeches captured the dark but defiant mood.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2024

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

That’s the position workers promoted this week during pickets at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2024

Chamberlain kept pickets out all night, changing them every two hours, making them report every half hour.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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

He picketed alone outside Google and Microsoft in his home city of Seattle, carrying a sign: “Death of Human Invention & Discovery = Depressing,” according to his social-media posts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Because Lam was a no-show, protesters picketed outside his restaurant for 73 days.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2025

Workers picketed outside their newsroom in London to protest the proposed sale to Tortoise Media, arguing it had been “rushed through” without the support of the staff.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2024

On June 25, the women picketed, and the police arrested twelve more protesters.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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

Those early years were marked by bitter and sometimes brutal incidents involving picketing farm workers who screamed “ Huelga! “

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

But during the Oscars, which was produced by Quincy Jones, Goldberg, who was hosting, took a swipe at the civil rights leader who was picketing across town.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

The law states that it does not “prohibit any expressive conduct including peaceful picketing or other peaceful demonstration.”

From Salon Jan. 20, 2026

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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