picket
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As for your question, I’m on both sides of the picket fence; I see why your daughter is upset, and I also understand why you are willing to help your daughter.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
In March, WGA had to cancel its Los Angeles-based award show, as it could “not ask our members or guests to cross a picket line.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
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
Executives said the plant has enough workers crossing the picket line to run a partial shift during parts of the strike.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Even when we got to the first picket fence, he held on.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing picket
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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This Week in Words: September 14–20, 2019
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