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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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
Following the picket, ATU members, drivers and civilians attended the SMART board meeting.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 6 Aug. 2024
Bringing back Gen Z People picket outside of a Starbucks store in New York’s East Village on Nov. 16, 2023.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Workers with picket signs outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility during a strike in Everett, Washington, US, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
Following the picket, ATU members, drivers and civilians attended the SMART board meeting.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2024
Verb
The 26-year-old designer Tristan Sartor faces charges of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 6 Aug. 2024
Bringing back Gen Z People picket outside of a Starbucks store in New York’s East Village on Nov. 16, 2023.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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