pickets

Example Sentences

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Despite some arrests, the authorities seem unable to prevent the pickets.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 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

The NUM sent protesters - known as flying pickets - to disrupt and pressure working miners.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

Pauline was leaning idly on the fence, her arms resting on the crossrail between the pickets.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison