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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New York City's largest nurses strike entered its second week Monday and there appears to be no end in sight as around 15,000 nurses hold the picket line.
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Christina Fan, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
More strikers than a picket line.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
During the strike in October, Kaiser rejected workers’ claims about understaffing, insisting that wages are the main reason why workers walked picket lines.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
The union has not announced publicly what facilities will join the picket line.
—Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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Christina Fan, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
More strikers than a picket line.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
During the strike in October, Kaiser rejected workers’ claims about understaffing, insisting that wages are the main reason why workers walked picket lines.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
The union has not announced publicly what facilities will join the picket line.
—Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 16 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 22 Jan. 2026.
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