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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
Instead, a pair of unlikely golf heroes emerged victorious.
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Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Another Miami restaurant has earned a Michelin star, this time for a local culinary hero.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Fauci became a hero to many during the pandemic, but was also vilified for his role in the government's response.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
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Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Another Miami restaurant has earned a Michelin star, this time for a local culinary hero.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Fauci became a hero to many during the pandemic, but was also vilified for his role in the government's response.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero
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After independence, locals placed Hindu idols inside the mosque and became convinced that it had been built on the former site of a Hindu temple.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The life of teen idol Bobby Darin In: Vietnam David Martin David Martin has been CBS News' national security correspondent, covering the Pentagon and the State Department, since 1993.—
David Martin,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Today, there are robotic ships being tested for anti-submarine patrols, as minehunters, and even as submarines without crews.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2025
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Like their nuclear counterparts, U.S. ballistic and cruise missiles would be dispersed among a combination of mobile launch vehicles on land, submarines at sea, and bombers in the air.—
ANDREW S. LIM,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The hip-hop icon, 53, shared a photo of himself and longtime wife Shante Broadus on Instagram.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Its significance is up there with the deaths of icons like Nelson Mandela or a British monarch.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Don't let another sustain the abuse my poor boy did.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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The family film, co-starring Olivia Colman, Keegan-Michael Key and Hugh Grant as an Oompa-Loompa, centers on the early days of Willy Wonka and takes place long before a poor boy named Charlie Bucket wins a golden ticket to tour the world-famous and heavily guarded chocolate factory.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2024
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The elegant, multi-tiered Hawaiian Hall has exhibits about Hawaiian gods, legends and beliefs.—
Ben Davidson,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos was said to have guarded the island of Crete, off the coast of Greece.—
Sofia Giannuzzi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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