pickets
Example Sentences
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Collections were said to have been disrupted "due to industrial action by pickets" where police recently scaled down their presence.
From BBC ● May 24, 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
The NUM sent protesters - known as flying pickets - to disrupt and pressure working miners.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024
While pickets lines seem to be everywhere this year, union membership rates have been declining for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
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
