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picket

[pik-it] / ˈpɪk ɪt /


NOUN
person who demonstrates for cause
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Chanting at the front of picket lines, strands of gray in her hair, in the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

A year after his appearance in Hazard, he traveled to southwest Virginia and stood on the picket line in solidarity with the striking miners.

From Salon

WGA West staffers also played a key role in the strike as they, too, joined the picket lines.

From Los Angeles Times

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