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A people can’t cry out for deliverance while refusing correction or ask God for justice while excusing wrongdoing in its own ranks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Her right knee appeared to be untouched, but it twisted nonetheless, causing Watkins to immediately cry out as the previously deafeningly enthusiastic crowd around her grew sweepingly silent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

In one clip, as a soldier talks to a woman, presumably his wife, their children cry out, “We love and miss you.”

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Doesn’t such a radical outcome cry out for an explanation?

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2024

“When you cry out at night,” Theo continues.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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