Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picketed
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Pritzker's office said hundreds of videos and firsthand accounts of the immigration crackdown already had been collected in October when the commission was launched and will be preserved for use in future legal proceedings.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026 -
My visa was stamped at passport control but not my actual passport, so no official trace of the visit was preserved.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Delinquency rates are nearly double the rates from October 2021 but have taken longer to reach pre-COVID levels, buffered by rising home prices.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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The markets that lost their cable deals have been buffered to a degree by MLB’s revenue-sharing system.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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One of Aguirre’s trial attorneys, Michael Sklar, contended that Fernandez was the one who hit the boy with a belt, shot him with a BB gun and was responsible for much of the abuse prior to his death.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Maduro lawyer Barry Pollack contended that if Maduro got public defenders, the complex case would sap legal resources meant for people who can't afford their own attorneys.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Mar. 2026
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Following the deadly shooting of two Americans by immigration agents in Minneapolis earlier this year, congressional Democrats have opposed funding ICE and CBP without policy changes, but the two parties have been unable to reach an agreement on reforms.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Iraqi militias form a key node in Iran’s network of regional proxies opposed to the US and Israel, and Baghdad also relies on Tehran for supplies of natural gas.—
Patrick Sykes,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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But the property owners fought that previous injunction ruling to the Rhode Island Supreme Court, which heard the case this past week.—
WJAR Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Apr. 2026
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The men fought briefly on the ground before other men assisted the officer.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Some myosin classes, such as I and II, are widely conserved across many organisms, whereas others are more specialized and restricted to particular lineages—for example, certain classes are found mainly in animals and others in plants.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 Apr. 2026
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At the end of the day, all the partners in the project share a desire to see the state's natural spaces conserved and made available for recreation by Arkansans and visitors, Andrews said.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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And the president's frustration with the alliance has appeared to increase as member countries have resisted his calls to send ships to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Trump had previously resisted any package that did not include his push to overhaul federal elections known as the Save America Act.—
Sam Gringlas,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
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In another area, a mother and daughter, white with black spots, were saved from being hoarded and getting killed for meat.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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According to the Northwestern Mutual survey, nearly three-quarters of Gen Z already have saved more than one year of income toward retirement.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Picketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picketed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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