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Recent Examples of cri de coeur
In a recent cri de coeur, Megan Fritts, a philosophy professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, detailed how her own institution has not articulated clear, campus-wide guidance on AI use.
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cri de coeur
protest
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The striped abstract paintings throughout the installation are based on polo shirts worn by Cuban state security agents who blend into crowds during protests, while gladiolus flowers reference the Ladies in White dissident movement.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Outside of the unrest on the streets, police have also been working to combat a flood of misinformation about the knife attack and protests circulating on social media sites that are being promoted by anti-immigrant groups and figures.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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