Still, it’s one thing to take sides, another to carry placards down the street denouncing your employer for behavior that doesn’t affect your paycheck or safety.
The activist employee hasn’t gone away|Geoffrey Colvin|September 21, 2020|Fortune
Hundreds of anti-vaccination protesters rallied across cities in Australia in May, calling the pandemic a “scam,” breaching social distancing regulations, singing anti-vaccination songs, and holding up placards that opposed “mandatory” vaccines.
A Prime Minister said a COVID-19 vaccine might be mandatory. Hours later, he backtracked|Naomi Xu Elegant|August 20, 2020|Fortune
I had a fleeting image of long hair, jeans and a “No Nukes” placard.
Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of Reconciliation|Clifton Truman Daniel|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A placard explains how Mexican artists have embraced indigenous culture, including such textiles, over the years.
Shining a Spotlight on Mexico’s Iconic Textile—the Rebozo|Liza Foreman|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At one point, an oblivious girl asked whether the placard was a joke.
Did Egypt's Arab Spring Martyrs Die in Vain?|Alastair Beach|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One woman held up a placard that read “drones fly, children die,” while others called Brennan an “assassin.”
John Brennan and the Drone Consensus|Daniel Klaidman|February 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The placard was illustrated with a black-and-white photograph of a crew-cut astronaut wearing a monkey around his neck.
Life Imitates Patriots: Inaugural Version|David Frum|January 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I read her the placard, and let her lead me away from the subject.
Stray Pearls|Charlotte M. Yonge
He renewed his father's edicts relating to the Inquisition, and in the following year confirmed the "placard" respecting heresy.
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain.|William H. Prescott
The engineer got up to stretch his legs, and incidentally took occasion to read the placard.
The Road Builders|Samuel Merwin
Then we found the placard to be only a ruse on the part of the unsophisticated peasantry to avoid having troops billeted there.
From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade|Frederic C. Curry
The nobleman's eyes were not keen enough to read the inscription on the placard.
The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete|Georg Ebers
British Dictionary definitions for placard
placard
/ (ˈplækɑːd) /
noun
a printed or written notice for public display; poster
a small plaque or card
verb(tr)
to post placards on or in
to publicize or advertise by placards
to display as a placard
Word Origin for placard
C15: from Old French plaquart, from plaquier to plate, lay flat; see plaque