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
And Amazon claimed that many of those on picket lines around the country were Teamsters who came from other industries altogether.
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Workers also formed a picket line at an Amazon fulfillment center in Skokie, Illinois, and Atlanta, Georgia, San Francisco and Southern California.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
This week, Deadline revealed that more than 200 PBS animation writers signed a pledge of solidarity, promising not to cross their colleagues’ picket line.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Some 2,500 employees are now on strike in San Francisco, with those at the city’s Marriott Marquis being the latest to join the picket lines on Sunday.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2024
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Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Workers also formed a picket line at an Amazon fulfillment center in Skokie, Illinois, and Atlanta, Georgia, San Francisco and Southern California.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
This week, Deadline revealed that more than 200 PBS animation writers signed a pledge of solidarity, promising not to cross their colleagues’ picket line.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Some 2,500 employees are now on strike in San Francisco, with those at the city’s Marriott Marquis being the latest to join the picket lines on Sunday.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Picket line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picket%20line. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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