picket line
noun
1
: a position held by a line of military pickets
2
: a line of people picketing a business, organization, or institution
Examples of picket line in a Sentence
She joined her coworkers on the picket line.
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We have been honored by all of the community support that Teamsters on the picket lines have received throughout the past 16 days.
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Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Edmund Wilson reported from picket lines during the Great Depression, traveled to the Soviet Union, and authored an introduction to revolutionary thought.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Given that the bargaining unit has about 2,400 members, there was no way that a late surge of no votes would deliver a last-minute return to picket lines.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
Dozens of Pratt & Whitney union members took the picket lines in East Hartford and Middletown Monday, a day after overwhelmingly rejecting the jet-engine maker’s final contract offer and setting up a historic bargaining showdown not seen at the company for nearly a quarter century.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025
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Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Edmund Wilson reported from picket lines during the Great Depression, traveled to the Soviet Union, and authored an introduction to revolutionary thought.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Given that the bargaining unit has about 2,400 members, there was no way that a late surge of no votes would deliver a last-minute return to picket lines.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
Dozens of Pratt & Whitney union members took the picket lines in East Hartford and Middletown Monday, a day after overwhelmingly rejecting the jet-engine maker’s final contract offer and setting up a historic bargaining showdown not seen at the company for nearly a quarter century.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025
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“Picket line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picket%20line. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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