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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The mayor said the union, which has been striking since last month, had previously decided that holding virtual classes would not constitute crossing the picket line.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
Teamsters local 170, the union that represents the 45 workers, hit the picket line at the bus yard in Hudson Wednesday morning.
—Anna Meiler, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Until a generation ago, the majority of workers in steel plants and automotive factories voted Democratic, in part because their political identities had taken shape on picket lines and in union halls, where a sense of class consciousness was forged.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
The nonprofit marched to the front of the physical and proverbial picket lines on behalf of climate and labor justice, but in late February, after 11 years, its founder, Ayesha Barenblat, told the world that Remake would be shutting its doors.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
Teamsters local 170, the union that represents the 45 workers, hit the picket line at the bus yard in Hudson Wednesday morning.
—Anna Meiler, CBS News, 27 May 2026
Until a generation ago, the majority of workers in steel plants and automotive factories voted Democratic, in part because their political identities had taken shape on picket lines and in union halls, where a sense of class consciousness was forged.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
The nonprofit marched to the front of the physical and proverbial picket lines on behalf of climate and labor justice, but in late February, after 11 years, its founder, Ayesha Barenblat, told the world that Remake would be shutting its doors.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
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“Picket line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picket%20line. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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