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pickets
  • present tense form of picket (3rd person singular).

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And unions have been printing and distributing signs, organizing pickets and mega-rallies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

However, Seifert believes support they are receiving from mega pickets and other union groups could be encouraging them to continue striking.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

While some earlier protests did turn violent, she wrote, recent pickets outside Portland’s ICE headquarters have featured lawn chairs and low energy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

Women played a vital role in the dispute, organising food collections, distributions and fundraising, organising pickets and speaking at rallies.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

In the night they had built a stone wall, had set out pickets, had taken prisoners.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara