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
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
After months of stalled negotiations, pickets, strike threats and mounting financial uncertainty, PCC Community Markets has reached a tentative labor deal with its about 1,600 unionized hourly workers, both sides said Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
I look across the fence pickets to the woman in her lawn chair, reading.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
