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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The picket line has formed in front of the location where production set up base camp and crew parking.
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
This message came Friday as the aerospace giant continues to face workers walking the picket lines in East Hartford and Middletown.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
But our interests are being decided on that picket line.
—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
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
This message came Friday as the aerospace giant continues to face workers walking the picket lines in East Hartford and Middletown.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025
But our interests are being decided on that picket line.
—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
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 8 Jul. 2025.
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