picketing

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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 picketing machinists benefited from a strike fund while they were off the job but were under increasing pressure as healthcare coverage lapsed for some families.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

The union said it was preparing to challenge the injunction, but said it agreed to abide by the law on picketing.

From BBC • May 31, 2025

One lawmaker apparently complained that protesters have been picketing at her house and targeting her kid, one source told the Wall Street Journal's Olivia Beavers.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025

This hasn’t stopped some believers—physicists included—from picketing high-energy laboratories like Fermilab; they believe that a high-energy collision could cause a spontaneous collapse of the vacuum.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife