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Elizabeth’s cri de coeur for employing a Washer of the Sovereign’s Hands, a Warden of the Swans, and a Hereditary Grand Falconer stands out as one of the most monarchist moments of the entire series.
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
This personal cri de coeur is echoed in the general complaint that presents have made the holidays too commercial, material and consumerist.
—Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
The two socialist thinkers published the Communist Manifesto during the revolutionary year 1848, a cri de coeur against grotesque inequality and exploitation that still resonates with readers nearly two centuries later.
—Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
Penn spent 33 days in jail in 1987 for punching a guy, as referenced in his Smith cri de coeur.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
This personal cri de coeur is echoed in the general complaint that presents have made the holidays too commercial, material and consumerist.
—Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
The two socialist thinkers published the Communist Manifesto during the revolutionary year 1848, a cri de coeur against grotesque inequality and exploitation that still resonates with readers nearly two centuries later.
—Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
Penn spent 33 days in jail in 1987 for punching a guy, as referenced in his Smith cri de coeur.
—Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cri de coeur
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Trump has particularly threatened universities over campus protests against U.S. ally Israel's devastating military assault on Gaza after a deadly October 2023 attack by Palestinian Hamas militants.—
Kanishka Singh,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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In December, a Riverside Unified School District board meeting drew national attention and massive opposing protests outside the meeting.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Cri de coeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cri%20de%20coeur. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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