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
The union joined school support staff represented by UNITE HERE Local 1 outside the picket line at Chicago Public Schools headquarters Thursday morning.
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John Odenthal,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Lack of movement on unions’ desires to win unemployment benefits for striking workers after two weeks on the picket lines are sticking in labor’s craw.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
After more than five months of picket lines, the Writers Guild won a contract that satisfied its membership.
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Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
His security guard told me to back off – and then shoved a striking worker off her own picket line.
—
Heather Merrick,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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John Odenthal,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Lack of movement on unions’ desires to win unemployment benefits for striking workers after two weeks on the picket lines are sticking in labor’s craw.
—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
After more than five months of picket lines, the Writers Guild won a contract that satisfied its membership.
—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
His security guard told me to back off – and then shoved a striking worker off her own picket line.
—
Heather Merrick,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 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 26 Jun. 2026.
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