picket line

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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

“Support sometimes manifests as a ‘sympathy strike’ or ‘solidarity action,’ such as when Teamsters refuse to cross a picket line and logistics are disrupted,” Koonse added.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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

Buford rode out once more, in the dark, to the picket line.

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