as in guards
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 pickets
Becky Bohrer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said.
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Becky Bohrer,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
But people managed to hold small pickets in a few cities.
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ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
If not, pickets at school sites and another rally will follow Friday.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Or are the neighbor's dogs enjoying the gap between two pickets?
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Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
16 Jan. 2026
According to the organization's strike map on its website, there are no strikes or pickets planned in Michigan.
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Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
13 Nov. 2025
Baristas at Starbucks cafes across the country are holding pickets this week as part of a collective push for a union contract, and Phoenix workers are joining in.
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Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Where will Starbucks Workers United hold rallies and pickets?
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Mike Snider,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said.
—
Becky Bohrer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said.
—
Becky Bohrer,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
But people managed to hold small pickets in a few cities.
—
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
If not, pickets at school sites and another rally will follow Friday.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Or are the neighbor's dogs enjoying the gap between two pickets?
—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
16 Jan. 2026
According to the organization's strike map on its website, there are no strikes or pickets planned in Michigan.
—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
13 Nov. 2025
Baristas at Starbucks cafes across the country are holding pickets this week as part of a collective push for a union contract, and Phoenix workers are joining in.
—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Where will Starbucks Workers United hold rallies and pickets?
—
Mike Snider,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickets
Noun
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The 2026 class has been considered one of the deepest and most talented in recent memory, headlined by a quartet of generational one-and-dones as well as explosive guards and elite veteran forwards.
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After the top four picks, the draft was considered wide open with a logjam of talented guards.
Verb
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This helps create a barrier of warmer air that buffers the foliage against the cold.
Noun
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The juvenile bear’s wander across campus late Thursday and early Friday prompted an advisory to students and a search by UC Davis police and wardens from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as well as Yolo County Animal Control.
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The state wardens and other cops who knew and worked with Bob Markle weren’t just honoring his memory by attending his funeral.
Noun
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Williams has never lacked interpreters, custodians, handlers, or rescuers with pruning shears.
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Some custodians give checkbooks to IRA owners.
Noun
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Instead, the decision is left to parents and guardians.
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For minors who are 16 or 17, parents or guardians must be consulted in the decision-making process, but their consent is not required.
Noun
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Here and there, fire, wind, and flood would have broken the forest into a mosaic of old and new, grass and forest, shrubs and sentinels.
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At the end of one of the castle’s walkways, after a turn or two—by electric cart, bicycle, or on foot—and with the air filled with the scent of pine, rosemary, and jasmine, the sentinels are waiting, carved into the rock where the fort’s cannons were once located.
Noun
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Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax.
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The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.
Noun
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Gill leads the keepers in defending the goal, followed by Gregor Kobel (Switzerland), Beiranvand, Diogo Costa (Portugal), Benjamin Asare (Ghana), Mostafa Shoubir (Egypt), Eloy Room (Curacao), Pickford, Vozinha, and Mohammed Alowais (Saudi Arabia).
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Born in a facility out West, Yonnie was about 3 months old when she and her companion bear, Kodiak, were flown to Charlotte to meet their new keepers, officials said.
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“Pickets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickets. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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