picketer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for picketer
Noun
  • State and local law enforcement officers detain a protestor during a demonstration near an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois, on October 10, 2025.
    Connor Greene, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At least one protester was arrested, accused of assaulting a federal officer, according to DHS.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At another moment, a demonstrator in religious garb was shot directly in the face with pepper spray, leaving his chin bloodied.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Hailey, a 24-year-old demonstrator in an inflatable frog suit, told CNN that she was inspired by demonstrators in Portland, who have faced off against federal law enforcement for weeks.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Volunteers sprayed the crowd with rose-scented water from tanks on their backs to cool them, and a Dearborn fire truck also sprayed the crowd with mists of water as marchers walked by, children frolicking as they got soaked.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • One of the marchers was Christian Dennis, a 22-year-old South Memphian whose grandmother died of cancer, despite not smoking or drinking her whole life.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Picketer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picketer. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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