pickets

Example Sentences

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On pickets, speeches captured the dark but defiant mood.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024

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

The Network started a website highlighting workers’ claims about Royal India and has held periodic pickets outside its Kirkland location since April 2023.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2024

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

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

He posted the lead pickets himself, not far from the Rebel line.

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