How to Use strikebreaker in a Sentence

strikebreaker

noun
  • Chavez also used language to describe strikebreakers that critics say would draw sharp condemnation today.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Pandemonium erupts as the cameras start rolling, strikers and strikebreakers facing off.
    Pam Grady, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2017
  • Strikers viewed militiamen and soldiers as strikebreakers, and with the arrival of troops in Chicago, the violence escalated dramatically, as did civilian deaths.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • One major altercation was the Three Days’ Battle, or the Battle of the Tug, during which thousands of gunshots were exchanged between striking miners and strikebreakers supported by law enforcement.
    Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Many workers viewed immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe as part of the problem, since employers often used them as strikebreakers, relying on their desperation and the difficulty of uniting workers across lines of language and culture.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 Aug. 2024

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