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- verb Present participle of
picket . (Protesting by a labour union or other group.)
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Examples
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A flyer posted by the hypocrites — known best for their despicable behavior in picketing the funerals of people they have condemned to hell — says “WBC will picket funerals of Dutch killed at Amsterdam plane crash.”
Westboro hate group says it will picket funerals of Netherlands plane crash victims 2009
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Her goal in picketing outside abortion clinics is to prevent other women making the same mistake.
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I think preventing students from entering the university by picketing is a sign of weakness on your part.
Yet Another Strike at York University (and Osgoode Hall)? : Law is Cool 2008
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The union countered this argument, claiming that secondary picketing is a fundamental right under s. 2 (b) of the Charter, and is legal.
Archive 2007-06-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007
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Under those ordinances picketing is forbidden; so are fees or contributions to the Congress Party; the whole Indian National Congress is outlawed, so that every member of it, and the associations connected with it, become outlawed.
Federal India 1932
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How about long term picketing actions at BART stations?
Crooks and Liars David 2011
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I think anti-abortion picketing is generally seen as a “right-wing” topic, though of course not all people who engage it in are generally conservative on other topics, and of course not all conservatives support picketing of abortion providers’ homes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Was SEIU’s Picketing Illegal, Whether or Not They Trespassed? 2010
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I think anti-abortion picketing is generally seen as a “right-wing” topic, though of course not all people who engage it in are generally conservative on other topics, and of course not all conservatives support picketing of abortion providers’ homes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Was SEIU’s Picketing Illegal, Whether or Not They Trespassed? 2010
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Lawyers for the Snyder family said the lawsuit should be upheld on the grounds that the picketing was a targeted assault on a private memorial service, not a truly public event involving public issues.
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Lawyers for the Snyder family said the lawsuit should be upheld on the grounds that the picketing was a targeted assault on a private memorial service, not a truly public event involving public issues.
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