picket
noun
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
has picketed
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present perfectof picket (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The foundation has picketed the offices of a high-profile L.A. eviction attorney and paid legal costs for hundreds of tenants at a West L.A. apartment complex fighting against a mass eviction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
For over 20 years, the church has picketed every day, 365 days a year.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2018
Mr. Hume refuses to leave, and for the past several months, he has picketed in front of the school, protesting what he sees as the school’s mistreatment of him and other tenants.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2012
He has picketed FBI offices to object to, among other things, identification of his brother Vincent as a Mafia soldier.
From Time Magazine Archive
It's out of the question to suppose that Landson has picketed the whole valley with those stakes.
From Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day by Robert J. C. Stead
