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Recent Examples of cri de coeur
The Diabetes Care editorial that Kahn and his colleagues attempted to distribute at the New Orleans conference is a cri de coeur targeted at the right-wing anti-science campaign.
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Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
McDougall’s book is, among other things, a cri de coeur.
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Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
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.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
McDougall’s book is, among other things, a cri de coeur.
—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
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.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cri de coeur
protest
Noun
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Her death sparked weeks of protests nationwide, calling for an end to an increase in immigration enforcement actions.
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That month, a protest was held outside a classroom in Sweeney Hall where a guest lecturer, Jeffrey Blutinger, was speaking about the war.
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