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
Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Send any news, comments, Boeing picket sign long-term maintenance tips, and fiduciary walking papers to talk@qz.com.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 25 Oct. 2024
Alina Selyukh, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is taking a police action that prevented workers from picketing in front of the Perryville IKEA distribution center to U.S. District Court, asking a judge to allow demonstrators to cross a road in front of the business.
—Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Listen to this article Thousands of UC San Diego workers in health care and beyond plan to strike for better wages and benefits Wednesday, participating in overlapping statewide pickets at University of California campuses statewide.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Send any news, comments, Boeing picket sign long-term maintenance tips, and fiduciary walking papers to talk@qz.com.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
In December, the union led drivers and warehouse workers in picketing multiple locations around the U.S., trying to draw more people into the union fold and press Amazon to begin negotiating collective-bargaining contracts.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is taking a police action that prevented workers from picketing in front of the Perryville IKEA distribution center to U.S. District Court, asking a judge to allow demonstrators to cross a road in front of the business.
—Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picket
Noun
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Williams also brought in Indiana sophomore shooting guard Myles Rice, Kansas senior point guard David Coit, Washington State guard Isaiah Watts and Virginia junior forward Elijah Saunders.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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University of Kansas senior men’s basketball guard Zeke Mayo, who at this time has no college eligibility remaining, has entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Tariffs by themselves will not erase the overall U.S. trade deficit—unless the country completely walls itself off from international trade.—
Eswar Prasad,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, Shante has pretty much walled herself off from male touch or connection.—
Charlotte Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2025
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Related article Young children, a substitute teacher, the head of their school and its custodian.—
John Miller,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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When the Dispatch caught up with Nesbit nearly 13 years after his capture, he had been paroled to St. Paul and was working as a custodian for a local business.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Cooke County warden responded Saturday to a 911 call after the group of University of North Texas students became stranded on the water, the Parks and Wildlife Department said in a news release.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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The warden will also ask the Attorney General's Office if there are any legal blocks to the execution.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In recent years, civil rights groups and others have ramped up efforts to preserve the history of underrepresented communities in America.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Kawhi Leonard’s Game 2 gem should be preserved for all eternity.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Since the org partnered with Three Camel Lodge in 2020 to expand the breeding program, visitors to the camp can meet the stoic (but still quite cute and fluffy) guardian dogs.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
25 Apr. 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word genie comes from the French génie, which was borrowed from Latin genius, meaning a guardian spirit or guiding influence.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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State affairs like a papal funeral typically bring even warring political rivals together.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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This could result in a dangerous escalation of conflict between warring factions.—
Stu Sjouwerman,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These physiological and sensory adaptations underpin the species’ ability to traverse vast ocean basins, from coastal foraging grounds to the depths of the White Shark Café, cementing their role as sentinels of both nearshore and open‑ocean ecosystems.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The sentinels are currently being tested at Deep’s facility in Gloucestershire near Wales.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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