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
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said officers were still sent to pickets but did not explain why they reduced the number while the city council said it was warned of the move just hours beforehand.
From BBC ● May 16, 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 performers union, SAG-AFTRA, hosted two Halloween pickets on Tuesday, “Double, Double, Toil and Trouble!” at Netflix and “Spooky Solidarity Day” at the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
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
