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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Kaiser nurses statewide began an indefinite strike Monday, restarting picket lines that went idle after a five-day work stoppage in October 2025.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The atmosphere on the picket line was jubilant.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
The workers previously held a five-day walkout, with marches and picket lines in rainy weather, in October.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
As Morgan echoes the calls of her New York State Nurses Association colleagues on the picket lines, her reflections tap into a national frustration shared by millions in the nursing profession.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The atmosphere on the picket line was jubilant.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
The workers previously held a five-day walkout, with marches and picket lines in rainy weather, in October.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
As Morgan echoes the calls of her New York State Nurses Association colleagues on the picket lines, her reflections tap into a national frustration shared by millions in the nursing profession.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 22 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 29 Jan. 2026.
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