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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About 6,000 teachers represented by the United Educators of San Francisco began walking the picket lines a day earlier, after the district and union were unable to reach an agreement over the weekend.
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Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
An agreement with New York-Presbyterian has still not been reached, and the approximately 4,200 nurses in that hospital system are back on the picket lines.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Very few thought the actors would also join them on the picket lines.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
Union leaders and hotel honchos were astonished to find Mayor Newsom out on the picket line, calling out the capitalists.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
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Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
An agreement with New York-Presbyterian has still not been reached, and the approximately 4,200 nurses in that hospital system are back on the picket lines.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Very few thought the actors would also join them on the picket lines.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2026
Union leaders and hotel honchos were astonished to find Mayor Newsom out on the picket line, calling out the capitalists.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 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 13 Feb. 2026.
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