picket line
Example Sentences
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Hannah Patterson was also at the picket line.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Executives said the plant has enough workers crossing the picket line to run a partial shift during parts of the strike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
She has a flexible job and an older child who can watch her youngest, so she plans to join the picket line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
A year after his appearance in Hazard, he traveled to southwest Virginia and stood on the picket line in solidarity with the striking miners.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
More than a thousand women journeyed from thirty states to take their turn on the picket line.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
