as in guard
a person or group that watches over someone or something
set out a picket to watch the camp
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Recent Examples of picket
Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
According to the organization's strike map on its website, there are no strikes or pickets planned in Michigan.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
The union has vowed to strike and picket the two local facilities until better terms are on the table.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
In recent weeks, those negotiations have turned contentious with the union voting to authorize a strike and subsequently staging a practice picket in downtown Telluride.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
According to the organization's strike map on its website, there are no strikes or pickets planned in Michigan.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Verb
Union officials said workers would picket both work sites around the clock.
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
The union has vowed to strike and picket the two local facilities until better terms are on the table.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picket
Noun
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About 10 minutes later, one or two members of the group broke off to spray-paint vehicles and the guard booth.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated February 17,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Feb. 2026
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Wolverines junior guard Pierce Thompson scored 22 points and senior guard Amir Jones, who is going to Georgia State, scored 21 points including five 3-pointers.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Goldsworthy had filled a gallery, wall to wall, with a sea of stones, ranging from pebbles to small boulders.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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In nondemocratic regimes, senior officials wall themselves off from reality because their underlings are afraid to deliver bad news.—
Donald Moynihan,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Those roles fall to separate custodians and depositories.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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His members include special education and teacher aides, cafeteria workers, custodians, gardeners and bus drivers.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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That number is in line with reporting from the Indiana Capital Chronicle, which interviewed the prison's warden, Brian English, during a tour of the detention center late last year.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
18 Feb. 2026
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The newest season showed Renner's character Mike McLusky confronting a gang war and contending with a headstrong new warden, played by Falco.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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If granted monument status, the restaurant’s building could see delays in any efforts to demolish or significantly alter the site in order to preserve the building’s original state for its historical significance.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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And so the city was exposed to future hurricanes, and lost the living guardians whose roots held the land in place.—
Melina Walling,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Investigators determined Colgrove was the legal guardian for her 4-year-old grandson.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Why the hell doesn’t war ever change?—
Jack King,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026
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On such an exchange were built colonies and empires, economies and fortunes, with slavery and war the byproducts.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Academic medical center sentinel networks.—
Robert B. Shpiner,
STAT,
13 Feb. 2026
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The gas Citizens Energy serves customers, typically methane, is naturally odorless so the company adds mercaptan, which smells like sulfur or rotten eggs, to serve as a sentinel in case there's a gas leak.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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