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

While pickets lines seem to be everywhere this year, union membership rates have been declining for decades.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

All of our drills and our fatigue duties are transacted under the insolent glare of rebel pickets.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson