picketed

verb

past tense of picket
as in preserved

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  1. preserved
  2. buffered
  3. contended
  4. opposed
  5. fought
  6. conserved
  7. resisted
  8. saved
Verb
  • Based on the current designs, the brick church’s structure will be preserved, and the buildings will be attached with a lobby.
    — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • This is consistent with the idea that solitary (and aggressively hormonal) males were more likely to die in natural traps, such as landslides or sinkholes, increasing the chance that their bones would be preserved over thousands of years.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of preserved
Verb
  • While China has buffered itself from the broader supply shocks, more expensive fuel and commodities could weigh on consumer sentiment and disrupt manufacturing.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • The quality of hoops ranged from genuinely exciting to a snooze, all generally played at a quick tempo that was only occasionally buffered by replay reviews of calls made under the lowest of stakes.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of buffered
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  • The lawsuit also contended that Graves retaliated against former Police Capt.
    — Laura Bauer July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • The former five-star recruit never seriously contended for a starting job there, what with Mario Cristobal bringing in Bo Nix before Thompson’s second season.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of contended
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  • The day of that performance in front of the Pope, there were people that opposed it.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
  • A number of lawmakers opposed the bill to establish the National Intelligence Bureau, and more than 200 people attended a protest against it in May ahead of the parliamentary vote, according to public broadcaster NHK.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of opposed
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  • Rhodes went for the Figure Four, but Punk fought out and tried a GTS.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • And in Florida, the longest war the United States government fought was with Black maroons called Seminoles.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of fought
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  • Of the 139,000 acres in Redwood National and State Parks, Save the Redwoods League has conserved 52,200 acres, or about 38%.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • As part of the five-year restoration project, the Kylin Clock in the Yellow Drawing Room was dismantled and conserved for the first time in decades.
    — Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026
Definition of conserved
Verb
  • On a Sunday afternoon in July, while much of the world watched the World Cup final, a counterexample was found to the Jacobian conjecture, a problem that had resisted proof or disproof since 1939.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Until Tuesday, some rival executives resisted calling the Detroit Tigers on left-hander Tarik Skubal, trying to be respectful as the team fought to remain in contention.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of resisted
Verb
  • Our meta-analysis estimated that lockdowns only saved between 6,000 and 23,000 lives in Europe and between 4,000 and 16,000 lives in the United States.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • While many proponents of any AI innovation often lead with some metric on efficiency, such as time and cost saved, Kamimura was not quick to boil all their hard work to a mere number.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
Definition of saved
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