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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of picket.

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Examples

  • And, you know, there's something novel here, in that the Democrats, who traditionally have kind of picketed churches, are now preaching in the pulpit in this election cycle, and it's something new.

    CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2008 2008

  • My most vivid memory of demonstrating was the afternoon a group of us "picketed" the Blue Boar Cafeteria's Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali) location.

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  • More than a dozen members of the Letter Carriers union picketed outside the event, waving signs that read "Stop The Attacks Against Postal Workers" and "USPS is as American as Apple Pie."

    Postmaster Says Legislation in Congress Falls Short Eric Morath 2011

  • Fred Phelps and other family members who make up most of the Westboro Baptist Church have picketed many military funerals to draw attention to their view that U.S. deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq are God's punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.

    Supreme Court OKs anti-gay church's picketing at funerals 2011

  • Unions held demonstrations and picketed across the country.

    U.K. Public-Sector Workers Strike 2011

  • *** Varney: In perhaps the most controversial case of the term, the Supreme Court ruled this week that members of the Westboro Baptist Church, who picketed outside the 2006 funeral of Marine Lance Cpl.

    The High Cost of Living 2011

  • Super Halal Meat, a 24-hour halal food store that opened on the stretch late last year, was picketed by some area residents and members of local civic associations in November.

    Growing Pains on Hillside Avenue in Queens Kavita Mokha 2011

  • A Supreme Court decision upheld an appeals court ruling that threw out a $5 million judgment to the father of a dead Marine who sued members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka after they picketed his son's funeral.

    Supreme Court OKs anti-gay church's picketing at funerals 2011

  • It was picketed by idiots who thought it was racist.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Quite a Warning Label 2010

  • Members of the Westboro Baptist Church, who have picketed military funerals for several years, decided to protest outside the Westminster, Md., church where Snyder's funeral was to be held.

    Supreme Court OKs anti-gay church's picketing at funerals 2011

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