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
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