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
But our interests are being decided on that picket line.
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Chris Mattei, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
Seabrook’s uncle Courtney once drove a truck into a picket line, sending a worker and three women to the hospital.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The picket line in front of a Will Smith music video shoot in West Hollywood is coming down.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Across a roughly three-week players’ strike, desperate franchises scrounged to the ends of the earth to find replacement athletes to break the picket line.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
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Chris Mattei, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
Seabrook’s uncle Courtney once drove a truck into a picket line, sending a worker and three women to the hospital.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The picket line in front of a Will Smith music video shoot in West Hollywood is coming down.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 May 2025
Across a roughly three-week players’ strike, desperate franchises scrounged to the ends of the earth to find replacement athletes to break the picket line.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for picket line
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“Picket line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picket%20line. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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