as in guard
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 picket
Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
The suffragists returned four years later for a six-days-a-week, months-long picket, the first in the country’s history.
—Amanda Becker, Them, 17 Jan. 2025
Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Boeing workers walked off the job early Friday to begin picketing outside the company's plants around Seattle after voting to strike for the first time since 2008.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The union ran practice pickets in preparation for a potential strike last week in locations including San Diego and Long Island, New York.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
The suffragists returned four years later for a six-days-a-week, months-long picket, the first in the country’s history.
—Amanda Becker, Them, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
That same year, boycott proponents picketed his concert in London’s Royal Albert Hall and denounced him.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Boeing workers walked off the job early Friday to begin picketing outside the company's plants around Seattle after voting to strike for the first time since 2008.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picket
Noun
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Before Luka Doncic was traded to the Lakers last weekend, the Mavericks never called the Heat to inform them that the All-NBA guard was available or give Miami a chance to make an offer for him, according to a source.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
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All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney and All-Pro center Creed Humphrey anchor the offensive line along with right guard Trey Smith.—
Rob Maaddi,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Your expertise can slowly wall you off from how others experience your business.—
Anne Lackey,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Unmatched in its warmth, its delightful disposition, its ability to inspire you—not with high fashion or sanctimonious pontificating or streets walled with money—but just by being its easy, sunny self.—
Allure Editors,
Allure,
17 Jan. 2025
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His subsequent television credits include the role of custodian and ex-sumo wrestler Yoshi Nakamura in the Disney series Kickin’ It.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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Jo was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hector and loved being an organist, pianist and custodian.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Where you were accused of trying to kill the warden, at Lucasville?—
Bob Guccione Jr.,
SPIN,
11 Feb. 2025
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But, to his surprise, the warden escorted him directly to the command center, just outside the row.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Considering that the United States now produces more oil than Saudi Arabia, is this relationship still worth preserving?—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Tom Murphy,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The proposed guardian must submit a Title 14 guardianship application to the Maricopa County Juvenile Court.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The students are children who have been sent away by their parents or guardians to study at Quranic boarding schools in what’s known as the almajiri system.—
Ogar Monday,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Today, requirements to identify the war dead in accordance with international humanitarian law and return them to their families are often the only things warring rivals can agree on.—
Tyler McBrien,
The Dial,
28 Jan. 2025
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His stewardship led to the first peace treaty between Israel and a warring neighbor, Egypt, which still stands today as the most important such accord.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Recreation areas onboard the sentinels can also function as an underwater laboratory.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2025
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An American flag stands like a sentinel on a flagpole beside the Capitol under an ominously gray sky.—
John Blake,
CNN,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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