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picket

[pik-it] / ˈpΙͺk Ιͺt /


NOUN
person who demonstrates for cause
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Members of the union in Taoyuan have "obtained the legal right to conduct a strike and establish strike picket lines", union secretary Chen Yen-kai told a news conference.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The legal fight carries broad implications for a mayor who focused his campaign on affordability and has walked picket lines for workers seeking better wages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

He dripped down the hall, across the stoop, through Mrs. Cobb’s front yard, past the picket gate, and most of the way home.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

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

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

The perfect picket fence now had a gate over the top of it, and one of the pickets was broken, jagged.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

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

Less than three dozen people picketed outside of OpenAI’s offices, but the demonstration sparked a bitter feud on an effective altruist forum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Steve Lubetkin was one of the comedians who picketed alongside Letterman, Dreesen and Leno, and when the strike ended, he panicked after he couldn’t get stage time in the following weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

Others joined in only once or twice while on vacation; a few picketed while on their honeymoons.

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

The workers are currently picketing outside the Stage This studio in Sun Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2026

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

The suffragists grew accustomed to opposition to their goals and tactics from both men and women, but soon crowds gathered to oppose women picketing the White House.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler


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