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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Union leaders and hotel honchos were astonished to find Mayor Newsom out on the picket line, calling out the capitalists.
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Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Educators in Southern California also appear headed to the picket lines to demand better pay and working conditions.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Sarah Rubino, a registered nurse who works at Kaiser’s Irvine Medical Center, joined about 150 others on the picket line at the corner of Sand Canyon Avenue and Alton Parkway.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
Our freedom to strike, or to walk a picket line to win a better life, may be threatened next.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
Educators in Southern California also appear headed to the picket lines to demand better pay and working conditions.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
Sarah Rubino, a registered nurse who works at Kaiser’s Irvine Medical Center, joined about 150 others on the picket line at the corner of Sand Canyon Avenue and Alton Parkway.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
Our freedom to strike, or to walk a picket line to win a better life, may be threatened next.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
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 10 Feb. 2026.
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