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Recent Examples of cri de coeur
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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One woman was shot by Border Patrol agents during a protest outside the facility on Saturday, the DHS announced.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
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The film has included the more sensitive images of the anti-lockdown protests, but seems unwilling or incapable to confront what happened next.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Cri de coeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cri%20de%20coeur. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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