cause célèbre

Example Sentences

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Corporate governance in Japan has suddenly become a cause celebre, and seems to be rousing the world's third-largest stock market out of decades of lethargy.

From Reuters

The expulsions quickly became a cause celebre on the left.

From Washington Times

Mackey’s trial has become a cause célèbre for some conservative personalities, including far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson, who has called the charges a politically motivated attack on free speech.

From Seattle Times

However, China has made it a cause celebre in its campaign to rally nationalism based on memories of Japan’s brutal invasion and occupation of much of China that ended in 1945.

From Seattle Times

Recently, a few pets have become cause celebre when their X-ray images went viral.

From Washington Post