pickets

Example Sentences

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The city council said it had suspended collections across the city for the day due to the "mass pickets and protests" across its depots.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

Women played a vital role in the dispute, organising food collections, distributions and fundraising, organising pickets and speaking at rallies.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

She was nurtured in the UFW headquarters in Central California, and she and her cousins joked that her family held pickets instead of picnics.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2024

That’s the position workers promoted this week during pickets at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

Buford rode out far enough to see the pickets for himself, then he rode back toward the green hills.

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