as in roar
a violent shouting
the hue and cry in the classroom when someone let loose a snake
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The hue and cry over this benighted movement, in which institutions of higher learning are turning their backs on their fundamental mission, will likely not be enough to stop the forces operating under the cover of budgetary necessity.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Convincing people who doubt the validity of climate change and evolution to change their beliefs requires overcoming a set of ingrained cognitive biases In principle, science should set itself apart from the hue and cry of partisan bickering.
—Adam B. Cohen, Scientific American, 1 July 2018
So why all the hue and cry now?
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
The Every hue and cry was a shabby business deal.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 15 Aug. 2020
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Convincing people who doubt the validity of climate change and evolution to change their beliefs requires overcoming a set of ingrained cognitive biases In principle, science should set itself apart from the hue and cry of partisan bickering.
—Adam B. Cohen, Scientific American, 1 July 2018
So why all the hue and cry now?
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
The Every hue and cry was a shabby business deal.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 15 Aug. 2020
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