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Recent Examples of cri de coeur
Concern about media bias — specifically politically liberal bias — has moved center stage thanks to the cri de coeur by National Public Radio’s Uri Berliner in the Free Press.
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Howard Husock, National Review, 21 Apr. 2024
Elizabeth’s cri de coeur for employing a Washer of the Sovereign’s Hands, a Warden of the Swans, and a Hereditary Grand Falconer stands out as one of the most monarchist moments of the entire series.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
This personal cri de coeur is echoed in the general complaint that presents have made the holidays too commercial, material and consumerist.
—Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
The two socialist thinkers published the Communist Manifesto during the revolutionary year 1848, a cri de coeur against grotesque inequality and exploitation that still resonates with readers nearly two centuries later.
—Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
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Howard Husock, National Review, 21 Apr. 2024
Elizabeth’s cri de coeur for employing a Washer of the Sovereign’s Hands, a Warden of the Swans, and a Hereditary Grand Falconer stands out as one of the most monarchist moments of the entire series.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
This personal cri de coeur is echoed in the general complaint that presents have made the holidays too commercial, material and consumerist.
—Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
The two socialist thinkers published the Communist Manifesto during the revolutionary year 1848, a cri de coeur against grotesque inequality and exploitation that still resonates with readers nearly two centuries later.
—Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cri de coeur
protest
Noun
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Serbian police, who are firmly controlled by Vucic’s government, said 36,000 people were present at the start of the protest Saturday.—
Jovana Gec,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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The ensuing Stonewall protests are considered the birth of the modern gay rights movement.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2025
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“Cri de coeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cri%20de%20coeur. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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