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
Dozens of health care workers walked the picket line outside the medical center in Roseville Tuesday morning, chanting and carrying signs, many wearing raincoats and ponchos.
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Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Workers on the picket line in front of San Diego Medical Center on Tuesday morning were emphatic that the decision to walk a picket line rather than the halls of their hospital was about far more than money.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Barring a late-hour breakthrough in negotiations, passers-by can expect to see picket lines outside of Kaiser hospitals in Oakland and Santa Clara starting Tuesday morning, when 2,800 health professionals in Northern California plan to stop work to seek higher pay and staffing improvements.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
At the Kaiser Medical Center in Ontario, more than 600 people formed a picket line along Vineyard Avenue.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Workers on the picket line in front of San Diego Medical Center on Tuesday morning were emphatic that the decision to walk a picket line rather than the halls of their hospital was about far more than money.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Barring a late-hour breakthrough in negotiations, passers-by can expect to see picket lines outside of Kaiser hospitals in Oakland and Santa Clara starting Tuesday morning, when 2,800 health professionals in Northern California plan to stop work to seek higher pay and staffing improvements.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
At the Kaiser Medical Center in Ontario, more than 600 people formed a picket line along Vineyard Avenue.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 2025.
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