picket line
Example Sentences
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Matching the level of support at Wimbledon in 1973 will take some doing because, as in any workplace, there will be players prepared to cross a metaphorical picket line outside the entrance to Centre Court.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
She has a flexible job and an older child who can watch her youngest, so she plans to join the picket line.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Batista Filho said the plant has enough workers crossing the picket line to run a partial shift this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
A year after his appearance in Hazard, he traveled to southwest Virginia and stood on the picket line in solidarity with the striking miners.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
“Old circus joke. Can’t help ourselves. On the show, people ask that question a thousand times a day. Elephants are chained to a picket line so they don’t run off — or whack somebody.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
