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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These Scientists Think So. Bisaillon, who is based in Illinois, arrived with his family at Park City Mountain Resort on December 28, 2024, one day after the ski patrol union walked out of their locker room to form a picket line.
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Miyo McGinn, Outside Online, 17 Jan. 2025
If the two parties can’t come to an agreement by Jan. 15, the ILA will return to the picket lines just days ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, my colleagues and I have gone unpaid for over two months and counting, standing on picket lines five days a week.
—Janel L Medina, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
More than 200 patrollers formed a picket line last week as the strike began Dec. 27
Only 50 of 350 trails at the mountain were open during the holiday week, and the strike triggered massive disruption during what is typically the busiest time of the year at ski resorts.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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Miyo McGinn, Outside Online, 17 Jan. 2025
If the two parties can’t come to an agreement by Jan. 15, the ILA will return to the picket lines just days ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, my colleagues and I have gone unpaid for over two months and counting, standing on picket lines five days a week.
—Janel L Medina, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
More than 200 patrollers formed a picket line last week as the strike began Dec. 27
Only 50 of 350 trails at the mountain were open during the holiday week, and the strike triggered massive disruption during what is typically the busiest time of the year at ski resorts.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Picket line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picket%20line. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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