picket

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

‘Gen Z would rather invest in index funds and travel the world than tie themselves to a 30-year mortgage and a picket fence.’

From MarketWatch

The two barriers—the picket fence and the magical thicket—loom ominously over the land.

From Literature

Unite claimed a growing number of agency staff were refusing to cross the picket lines of striking bin workers due to "unsustainable workloads" and a bullying workplace culture at the council's refuse department.

From BBC

The number of workers who remain out on the picket line has dwindled to 28 from the 120 who walked out at the beginning of the strike.

From MarketWatch