CRI DE COEUR Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

cri de coeur

noun

Definition of cri de coeur

as in protest

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Recent Examples of cri de coeur McDougall’s book is, among other things, a cri de coeur. — Marina Harss, New Yorker, 3 June 2026 There’s no finger-wagging, no righteous accusation or earnest cri de coeur. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 May 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. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2025 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

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About 50 organizations have called for a protest against the far right on the sidelines of the two-day congress of Marine Le Pen's nationalist, anti-immigration party ahead of next spring's presidential election.

— ELITSA GADEVA, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Barriers installed at a Louis Vuitton store in Paris on Thursday ahead of what is expected to be a weekend of more violent protests.

— Richard Engel, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026

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