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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Teachers in the Dublin Unified School District took to the picket lines on Tuesday as a strike enters its second day.
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
For the second time in a week, teachers in a Sacramento-area school district took to the picket lines.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Some maintenance employees were seen Monday working behind the picket line on campus during the strike.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
Last week, dozens of WGA captains joined the staff union’s picket line outside the WGA West headquarters in Los Angeles as a show of solidarity.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
For the second time in a week, teachers in a Sacramento-area school district took to the picket lines.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Some maintenance employees were seen Monday working behind the picket line on campus during the strike.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
Last week, dozens of WGA captains joined the staff union’s picket line outside the WGA West headquarters in Los Angeles as a show of solidarity.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Picket line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picket%20line. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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