picketed

past tense of picket

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picketed
Verb
  • The fact that it was put aside and preserved in 1962 tells you a lot about the landscape, which is situated in the shadow of the Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado and has two lakes that are popular for boating and fishing.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Her words ring out in our minds and hearts, and her image as preserved will forever live on.
    Essence, Essence, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The operation showed that even far-reaching targets were not safe from drone attack, including the United States, a country buffered by two oceans and no significant adversary on its borders.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Opponents, however, contended Glendale was trying to crackdown on unhoused people ahead of the Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Lawyers for the pension groups contended that Yellow breached a deal made with both Teamsters funds in 2013.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His message was 180 degrees opposed to progressive ideologue professors who teach students that opposing speech is itself a threat and that violent responses are justified when their ideas are challenged.
    Amy Stephens, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Lower-court judges across the country have strongly opposed this decree, placing it on hold, for now.
    Akhil Reed Amar, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fire is fought by four engines and two water tenders.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Others fought over locks of his hair.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Because energy is conserved, and gravitational radiation (also known as a gravitational wave) carries energy, this leads to the decay of the mutual orbits of these masses.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Emory’s shuttles have been running on biodiesel fuel since 2006, and the campus has conserved fuel energy by recycling old cooking oil used in the dining halls.
    Gina Park, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Big Ten resisted, favoring instead its own proposal that featured a stacked deck of automatic bids.
    Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The suspect resisted arrest and officers used a Taser twice before he was taken into custody, police said.
    Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But most in Generation X don’t have nearly that much saved.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Picketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picketed. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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