picketing

present participle of picket

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Recent Examples of picketing 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picketing
Verb
  • On June 29, 2026, Miami-Dade buried a FIFA 2026 stole, an FIU Panthers mascot and memorabilia from historian Dorothy Jenkins Fields honoring her legacy in preserving Black history and culture including photos of the Historic Lyric Theater.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • Sophisticated setting techniques enhance each stone’s brilliance while preserving the fluid movement of the jewels.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Then some classic fighting soldiers — not American Revolution battles but intergalactic — come blended into the metal music gyrations of the helmet-wearing band Galactic Empire.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026
  • As with fighting the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, the urgency of the problem will likely only sink in when the need arises.
    Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Why your streaming keeps buffering Internet service providers handle enormous amounts of traffic.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • So buffering right field in a real way takes on greater importance for a Phillies team whose window is sliding downward.
    Eno Sarris, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • The other opposing vote came from Supervisor Brian Pacheco, who declined to comment.
    Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Rutinel touted his Dominican background and accused Bird of not being tough enough in opposing ICE.
    Saige Miller, NPR, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • This will be a physically gruelling knockout stage, the first World Cup with five knockout matches, and conserving energy for later matches makes sense.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • This song helps reinforce lessons like picking up litter, conserving water, and planting trees.
    Parents, Parents, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Critics also have challenged the report’s characterization of cases involving women, contending these were consensual affairs that were sinful but not abusive.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • In the special, Arcuri tackles topics like marital pranks and urinal mind games while contending, on the more serious side, with his wife Katie Thurston’s cancer journey.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • He was also charged with one misdemeanor count of resisting an officer.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Preserving slave ownership, along with resisting political overreach from Mexico City, were principal reasons that the Mexican state of Texas fought to break free of Mexico.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Congress is moving to put more pressure on Sudan’s warring factions, as the three-year war perpetuates one of the globe’s worst humanitarian crises.
    Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 12 June 2026

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“Picketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picketing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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