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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Over 1,400 educators have been on picket lines in the three towns for over two weeks, closing schools for approximately 10,000 students.
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
The other potential one-day strike at U-M Health was canceled in October, when the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Michigan reached a tentative, three-year contract agreement just hours before its workers were to take to the picket lines on Oct. 15.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
Many arrived around 6 a.m. and remained on the picket lines all day.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Landgraf sees this as part of the larger problem of changing compensation terms for creative talent — issues that were shouted about for months on picket lines during last year’s writers and actors strikes.
—William Earl, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
The other potential one-day strike at U-M Health was canceled in October, when the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Michigan reached a tentative, three-year contract agreement just hours before its workers were to take to the picket lines on Oct. 15.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
Many arrived around 6 a.m. and remained on the picket lines all day.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Landgraf sees this as part of the larger problem of changing compensation terms for creative talent — issues that were shouted about for months on picket lines during last year’s writers and actors strikes.
—William Earl, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Picket line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picket%20line. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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