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as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll
shared a foot-long meatball hero with his friend
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Recent Examples of hero
Some in Ukraine view the UPA as nationalist heroes for their resistance to Soviet and Nazi forces.
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Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
But rather than stick around Earth to become a co-hero with Clark, bounces around red sun planets getting trashed by herself.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Potentially the biggest name that could be on the move is Winnipeg Jets goalie and Team USA Olympic hero Connor Hellebuyck.
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Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Resistance hero George Conway finished a distant fifth in his Democratic congressional primary.
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W. James Antle Iii,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
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Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
27 June 2026
But rather than stick around Earth to become a co-hero with Clark, bounces around red sun planets getting trashed by herself.
—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Potentially the biggest name that could be on the move is Winnipeg Jets goalie and Team USA Olympic hero Connor Hellebuyck.
—
Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Resistance hero George Conway finished a distant fifth in his Democratic congressional primary.
—
W. James Antle Iii,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero
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No longer can basketball executives plan for a distant future while waiting on their teen idols to grow up.
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Fans all over, be that at Paris Fashion Week or online, await, ready to offer their veneration to their idol of choice.
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Norway has launched the first expedition of its new robot submarine capable of diving nearly 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) below the ocean surface in a major step toward mapping its deep-sea regions.
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Filling a National Battle Depot with spare parts (or even spare modules--like a few spare bows or bow domes for Virginia Class submarines) will force the PAEs to really exercise their new authorities.
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Schlossberg was endorsed by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the 86-year-old Democratic icon who met Schlossberg’s grandfather.
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But luckily for Mboladinga, the Congo squad stopped at nothing to ensure its beloved icon made it to North America, going as far as persuading DRC President Félix Tshisekedi to include him in the team’s official delegation.
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The soccer gods, inherently fickle and usually corrupt, actually rewarded that blind devotion.
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The closest the visually drab movie comes to excitement is the introduction of an amusing if underused Jason Momoa as Lobo, an immortal bounty hunter who looks like a heavy-metal god (or maybe a lost member of Kiss), chomping on a fat cigar and roaring around on his flying motorcycle.
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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