picketing

Definition of picketingnext
present participle of picket

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of picketing Day 8 of picketing More than 100 NYSNA nurses were back out in the brutal cold to picket for an eighth day since the strike started last week. Christina Fan, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picketing
Verb
  • The renovation remains closely aligned with the home’s original character, preserving its architectural integrity while layering in thoughtful updates.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The Ocracoke Foundation’s vision was to use the square project as a model for how rural communities can put historical assets to work while also preserving them.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The camp is entirely dependent on aid, disrupted after cuts by USAID last year and again by fighting between Syrian and Kurdish forces this February.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Despite how difficult sitting through the case was, the jurors commended Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez for her fairness — and lead prosecutor Abbe Rifkin for fighting so hard for Quatisha.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Amazon Mesh Wi-Fi System Deal Say goodbye to dropped video calls and buffering nightmares with the Eero 6+ Mesh System.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Chronic stress maintains an inflammatory state, slows elimination, and increases demand for buffering minerals.
    Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Using Hart on Johnson allowed the Knicks to put 6-7 forward OG Anunoby — normally their defensive stopper against opposing wings — on 6-10 center Onyeka Okongwu, who thrives in the pick-and-pop game.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the progressives now opposing Iron Dome funding are arguing that Israel does not need the assistance.
    Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Researchers are now conserving and studying the artifacts before going on display at the nearby Laténium Archaeology Park and Museum, Switzerland's largest archaeological museum.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Always be conserving Without access to Venezuelan oil, Americans would be paying higher prices at the pump, according to the Chevron exec.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Just look at the other contending teams right now, some of them much better bets to win it all at this point than the Knicks are, and with good reason.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Maria Hadden, 49th, on Wednesday wrote an email to her colleagues contending the mayor’s office wants contributions to certain aldermanic staffers’ pensions to come out of their ward expense accounts, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by the Tribune.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The plainclothes detectives, who were wearing NYPD vests, then dragged Brown on the floor, over shards of broken glass, to the front of the store, ordering him to stop resisting.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Kessman suggests resisting the temptation to start deep-cleaning or creating an entire organizing system at this stage.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Today’s top stories Hospice fraud in California A psychotherapist discovered she had been fraudulently enrolled in hospice care, preventing Medicare from covering treatment for a pickleball injury.
    Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Nevertheless, some Ukrainian negotiators hope that renaming the area to honor Trump would both appeal to his ego and give him a public relations interest in preventing its capture by Russia.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Picketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picketing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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