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picket line

NOUN
demonstration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
parade protest sit-in strike walkout
STRONG
fast lie-in march picket rally teach-in
WEAK
love-in mass lobby peace march

Example Sentences

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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

Speaking to the BBC at the picket line, St Cuthbert's staff reported "extremely volatile" behaviour from some pupils.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 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

Steve Parker, chief of the aerospace company’s defense segment, said in a Tuesday letter to workers that the company wouldn’t move off its basic contract terms and urged them to cross the picket line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

“And you came through the picket line after dark?”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara