picket
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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
As with earlier strikes, during the 2019 teachers walkout, administrators crossed teachers’ picket lines to keep schools open and hold things together — overseeing food distribution and student supervision during the six-day work stoppage.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Much like Hogan’s mansion—which occupies three stories—the cottage property backs right onto the beach, with a charming white picket fence added to separate the dwelling from the publicly accessible area.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Batista Filho said the plant has enough workers crossing the picket line to run a partial shift this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
So he dawdled until he came to the picket fence, and every day Mrs. Cobb was standing at the door waiting for him, scowling and sour.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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