picketing

Example Sentences

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“If Augusta National wants people picketing outside their gates,” he says, “they’d stop the gnome.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

WGA West staffers also played a key role in the strike, as they too joined the picketing lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

The union said it was preparing to challenge the injunction, but said it agreed to abide by the law on picketing.

From BBC • May 31, 2025

Workers picketing at the Port of Philadelphia started marching in a circle at a rail crossing outside the port, chanting: “No work without a fair contract.”

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

Charged with picketing for better hours and working conditions at a cotton mill in Newnan, Georgia, sixteen women and one hundred and twelve men were imprisoned.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell