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
R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
If not, pickets at school sites and another rally will follow Friday.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
The Eagles’ 21-17 Sunday loss to the Denver Broncos contained the perplexity that has in the past provoked fans to picket outside the NovaCare Complex’s gates.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Specifically, the union is asking for a 4% pay increase each year for four years, French told The Beacon-News during the picket.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
If not, pickets at school sites and another rally will follow Friday.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Sharp HealthCare workers represented by the same coalition of unions will picket from Wednesday through Friday.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
The Eagles’ 21-17 Sunday loss to the Denver Broncos contained the perplexity that has in the past provoked fans to picket outside the NovaCare Complex’s gates.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picket
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After Hawks center Tony Bradley was called for an offensive foul for setting a hard screen on Alvarado, the veteran McCollum got into it with the scrappy Knicks guard, jawing face-to-face in a moment that underscored the growing chippiness in the series.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Apple’s changing of the guard with low-key Head of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus, set to replace CEO Tim Cook in a matter of months, launches a new era at the tech giant.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
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The interiors are timbered wall to wall, from chunky Lincoln Log-style beams to vertical beams cut with their natural edges left intact.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
23 Feb. 2026
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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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Bus drivers, custodians and special education workers will receive a 24% wage increase, increased hours that ensure healthcare benefits, and the district agreed to rescind layoffs for hundreds of IT technicians.—
Tom Wait,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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After serving as custodian of NBC’s late-night for years, George Cheeks, Paramount’s Chair of TV Media who oversees CBS, became the executive who last year canceled CBS’ venerable late-night franchise The Late Show.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
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If that is the case, the warden announces on the intercom system that the sentence was carried out and witnesses are directed to exit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The sheriff also said the warden had reached out regarding an allegation of an incident under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, but then did not call the department back to further investigate.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Junior center fielder Gracie Del Toro made a diving catch of a sinking liner to preserve the no-hitter in the fourth.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Edison’s crews, Johnson said, have also been trained to use equipment that avoids roots and preserves the health of trees.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Polis’ attorneys said Tuesday that the governor essentially trusted an ICE agent’s word that the agency wanted the information for a criminal probe, rather than so that ICE could arrest and deport immigrant children or their guardians, as the groups suing Polis have alleged.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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If Floridians register as a minor, their parents or legal guardians have the authority to make the final decision.—
Bruce Staley,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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With Khamenei’s regime, and his life, on the line, the resistance instinct must be warring with the survival instinct beneath that black turban.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Why the hell doesn’t war ever change?—
Jack King,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026
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Their Tibetan ancestry dates back thousands of years to when they were bred as an interior sentinel in the Buddhist monasteries.—
Katelyn Chef,
Martha Stewart,
12 Apr. 2026
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Precedent for this idea comes from Poland, where many cities already use freshwater mussels as living sentinels of water quality, wired with sensors that register when the animals clamp their shells shut in response to pollutants.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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