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Recent Examples of cri de coeurOn July 22, Epstein wrote a kind of cri de coeur, portraying himself as a victim of the #MeToo movement.—New York Times,
16 June 2026 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 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.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
11 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 See All Example Sentences for cri de coeur
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protest
Noun
Defense attorneys argued during the trial that the defendants planned a peaceful protest and noise demonstration with fireworks to show support for people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 July 2026
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