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Recent Examples of cri de coeur
Even establishment news channels, generally averse to displaying the humanity of individual Palestinians, could not resist this cri de coeur of an innocent in peril.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Signed by 150 winemakers and members of the wine trade, the cri de coeur called for Spain’s wine regions to recognize a classification system that took the quality of individual villages and vineyard sites into account—like that of Burgundy’s.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2025
Conceived as a cri de coeur against the then-rising wave of fascism sweeping across Europe, it was rejected by the organizers and never built.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
And so, her cri de coeur came out as one great, big, fat, satisfying moan of ecstasy.
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Signed by 150 winemakers and members of the wine trade, the cri de coeur called for Spain’s wine regions to recognize a classification system that took the quality of individual villages and vineyard sites into account—like that of Burgundy’s.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2025
Conceived as a cri de coeur against the then-rising wave of fascism sweeping across Europe, it was rejected by the organizers and never built.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
And so, her cri de coeur came out as one great, big, fat, satisfying moan of ecstasy.
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cri de coeur
protest
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Save Girls’ Sports activists gathered outside Yorba Linda High School in protest, which OutKick documented firsthand through conversations with parents and attendees at the meet.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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On Wednesday afternoon and evening, protests broke out around Havana, after some neighborhoods in the capital had experienced blackouts lasting up to 48 hours during the week.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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“Cri de coeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cri%20de%20coeur. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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