cause celebre

An average of 6.26 million viewers tuned in to watch “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” as the comedian addressed his suspension that became a free speech cause celebre, according to Nielsen.

The case of Lucy Connolly has become a cause celebre to some in the UK and beyond.

The issue became something of a cause celebre in Republican circles after former President Barack Obama’s Department of Justice launched a crackdown on unscrupulous payday lenders and other high-risk businesses, in part by urging the payment processors and banks that provide those enterprises access to the financial system to be more diligent in looking for signs of fraud.

Through it all she remained a cause célèbre and the Scottish press still loved a Big Mags story.

But his release remained a cause célèbre for activists on the Marxist-Leninist left, with which he still identifies.