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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
The rocker spent two years honing his talents on the trumpet for Honora, an instrument that fired him up in his youth, a time when Dizzy Gillespie was his hero and his father’s jazz albums were his musical candy.
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
Johnson said as Bovino entered to a hero’s reception.
—Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
There was even a World Series star coming out of the bullpen, new cult hero Will Klein entering the game to the night’s loudest ovation and throwing a scoreless inning.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Players like Trot Nixon and Durbin’s personal hero, Dustin Pedroia.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
Johnson said as Bovino entered to a hero’s reception.
—Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
There was even a World Series star coming out of the bullpen, new cult hero Will Klein entering the game to the night’s loudest ovation and throwing a scoreless inning.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Players like Trot Nixon and Durbin’s personal hero, Dustin Pedroia.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero
Noun
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Project idol group has seen members graduate and join over the years, and currently performs as an 11-member lineup.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2026
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Out next month, Star follows the rise of two fictional musical acts—a pop star, Ashley, and Siren8, a teen idol group—and the gradual devolution of fan admiration into obsession, and eventually, violence.—
Jenny Tinghui Zhang,
Vogue,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Navy’s aggressive schedule for acquiring the technologically complex new generation of submarines has proven a challenge.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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These missiles are launched from the six 533 mm torpedo tubes of the submarine.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The twenty-four-hour temperature forecast is shown as a fluctuating black line tagged with icons denoting the weather every three hours.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Designed by pioneering Modernist architect Richard Neutra in 1928, with limited collaboration from another Modernist icon, Rudolph Schindler, the Jardinette Apartments had been hiding in plain sight on an unassuming Hollywood street for nearly a century.—
Sam Lubell,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The basketball gods do not hand over the keys to the palace to a kid who played 12 games in high school.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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But no matter what the weather gods do, the start of the baseball season marks the true end of winter around these parts and the beginning of the best season to be a Chicagoan.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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