pickets

Example Sentences

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And unions have been printing and distributing signs, organizing pickets and mega-rallies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The city council said it had suspended collections across the city for the day due to the "mass pickets and protests" across its depots.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 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

The NUM sent protesters - known as flying pickets - to disrupt and pressure working miners.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

Longstreet sent Goree to find out what was happening and it turned out to be nothing much—skirmish of pickets in Anderson’s front.

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