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
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
The Church, which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is best known for organizing pickets at soldiers’ funerals and emblazoning anti-LGBT slogans on protest signs and billboards.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Where will Starbucks Workers United hold rallies and pickets?
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Biggest strike ever The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said the daily pickets at 19 hospitals and clinics across the two-state region would be their largest ever strike against Kaiser.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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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
The Church, which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is best known for organizing pickets at soldiers’ funerals and emblazoning anti-LGBT slogans on protest signs and billboards.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Where will Starbucks Workers United hold rallies and pickets?
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Biggest strike ever The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said the daily pickets at 19 hospitals and clinics across the two-state region would be their largest ever strike against Kaiser.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pickets
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Egg rushes to retrieve Dunk, who finds Aerion and his men destroying the puppet show, with Aerion even breaking Tanselle’s fingers, causing Dunk to snap and start beating on the prince before the guards are able to restrain him.—
Derek Lawrence,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2026
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And maybe one of our guards would raise his hand.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2026
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According to wardens, a team of trackers spotted the twins on Saturday, with monitoring and protection measures in force to increase their chances of survival.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Forest wardens walk into Kyebi Forest Reserve in the East Akim Municipal district in Ghana.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The first stop was Melin Tregwynt, a historic woolen mill founded in 1841 that is still one of the most influential custodians of the Welsh textile tradition.—
Stefania Conrieri,
Vanity Fair,
5 Feb. 2026
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The board also approved cutting positions at multiple school sites, including assistant principals, high school teachers, special education specialists, custodians and secretaries, as well as the district’s only communications director.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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This helps create a barrier of warmer air that buffers the foliage against the cold.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
23 Oct. 2025
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Remember parents, guardians and adults make mistakes.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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In an email sent to students’ guardians on Friday, the district said an altercation occurred between students just outside Raytown South High School during dismissal of school for the day.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2026
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The populations in Akwa (also in southeastern Igboland) formed vigilante groups armed with rifles, built towers where sentinels were posted, and their shots would alert villagers if raiders came within sight.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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That majestic array of green-gray gneiss sentinels may be the most conceptually elaborate Neolithic monument in Europe.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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Kochab is the brighter of the two outer stars in the bowl of the Little Dipper (the other being Pherkad), which seem to march in a circle like sentries around Polaris, the North Star.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
14 Dec. 2025
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The pair later designed pieces for various regiments of the Royal Guards, the sentries protecting Buckingham Palace and St James’s Palace in London.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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For now, keepers are focused on giving mother and calf time to bond while closely monitoring the newborn’s progress.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The calf and her mother are off-exhibit and will spend a month away from the herd and keepers.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Pickets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pickets. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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