Examples of strikebreaking in a Sentence
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Hicks McTaggart, a reluctant private eye riding the industry’s transition from strikebreaking (labor suppression was once a major part of the private-detective business) to investigating cheating spouses, gets swept up in a case concerning the bombing of a bootlegger’s hooch wagon.
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Jack Denton, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
The strike notice instructs SAG-AFTRA members to direct their agents to cease all negotiations for services and to inform the union of any strikebreaking activity.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2023
The document also specifies consequences for strikebreaking, which can include fines, suspension and expulsion from IATSE.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021
This prompted complaints and personal attacks on Lafollette from those who supported strikebreaking.
—Longreads, 24 Nov. 2014
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Jack Denton, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
The strike notice instructs SAG-AFTRA members to direct their agents to cease all negotiations for services and to inform the union of any strikebreaking activity.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2023
The document also specifies consequences for strikebreaking, which can include fines, suspension and expulsion from IATSE.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021
This prompted complaints and personal attacks on Lafollette from those who supported strikebreaking.
—Longreads, 24 Nov. 2014
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“Strikebreaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strikebreaking. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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strikebreaking
noun
strike·break·ing
-ˌbrā-kiŋ 
: action designed to break up a strike
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