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
Shamira Ibrahim, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
Specifically, the union is asking for a 4% pay increase each year for four years, French told The Beacon-News during the picket.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Christina Fan, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
Sharp HealthCare workers represented by the same coalition of unions will picket from Wednesday through Friday.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Noun
With the rise of incel content and tradwife propaganda on social media networks, America may be more fixated on the picket-fence ideal than ever.
—Shamira Ibrahim, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026
Specifically, the union is asking for a 4% pay increase each year for four years, French told The Beacon-News during the picket.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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
Sharp HealthCare workers represented by the same coalition of unions will picket from Wednesday through Friday.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picket
Noun
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The death of the guard was first reported by the New York Times, citing the Ahmed Shabaik, the mosque’s chairman.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Wembanyama took the ball from Stephon Castle and added to the guard’s assist total with a 27-foot three near the Oklahoma City logo to tie the game at 108 apiece with 27 seconds left.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
Verb
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The interiors are timbered wall to wall, from chunky Lincoln Log-style beams to vertical beams cut with their natural edges left intact.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
23 Feb. 2026
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Goldsworthy had filled a gallery, wall to wall, with a sea of stones, ranging from pebbles to small boulders.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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But most of her extended conversations on campus were either with the administrator, Val, or with the custodian, a man named Hank who liked to park himself in her office doorway and expostulate about the upcoming hunting season.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Now, agencies must weigh whether to adhere to federal dictates or comply with state transparency rules, with some directing records custodians and media spokespersons to acknowledge public records requests but not fulfill them unless ICE grants approval, records show.—
Monique O. Madan,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
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The former warden is also accused of having accepted money to move Weekes out of solitary confinement.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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The most visible woman at the company, though, had long been Donaldson’s mother, Sue Parisher, a former military-prison warden who led the company’s HR department.—
Irin Carmon,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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To help preserve the surrounding landscape, the hotel has also rented out a part of the surrounding ranch for the purpose of relocating livestock and restoring wildlife.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Gary Stern, who served as general counsel of the National Archives for twenty-six years, collaborated with five Administrations—from Bill Clinton’s to Joe Biden’s—on preserving and releasing Presidential records.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Of course, none of this would be possible if the DOJ and Blanche happened to remember the department’s own function as the ostensible guardian of the rule of law.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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In California, babies between 15 days and 6 months can only work for 20 minutes at a time and spend two hours on set per day; also mandatory is a nurse, a guardian and a studio teacher, who ensures the baby’s wellbeing is looked after.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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With Khamenei’s regime, and his life, on the line, the resistance instinct must be warring with the survival instinct beneath that black turban.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Why the hell doesn’t war ever change?—
Jack King,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026
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Bells are then honored as vital sentinels during floods, crying out that the barricades have given way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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And for decades, billboards with Smart’s smiling face stood like sentinels along Highway 101, silently urging anyone with information to come forward.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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