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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.
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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
If Ahed’s Knee, which came out in 2021, was already a furious cri de coeur against the powers-that-be in Israel, the director’s latest feature, Yes (Ken), takes that premise to the next level.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
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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
If Ahed’s Knee, which came out in 2021, was already a furious cri de coeur against the powers-that-be in Israel, the director’s latest feature, Yes (Ken), takes that premise to the next level.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cri de coeur
protest
Noun
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Where some see a form of protest, federal prosecutors allege intent to cause harm.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Most recently, during January’s anti-government protests, the authorities killed thousands of protesters and plunged the entire country into international isolation with an internet blackout.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Cri de coeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cri%20de%20coeur. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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