picket
noun
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
has been picketing
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present perfect progressiveof picket (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Instead, three times a week, when he can arrange for childcare, the SAG-AFTRA member has been picketing about one mile south at Paramount Studios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
She’s pro-WGA and has been picketing alongside her fellow screenwriters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
For five weeks the American Newspaper Guild has been picketing Hearst's Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, but the Herald-Examiner has hired non union personnel and continues to pub lish.
From Time Magazine Archive
