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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
Calzone, stromboli, Italian heros, pasta and meat dishes.
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Ella Gonzales
may 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026
End the daily drawer dig Drawer organizers are the unsexy hero of busy weeknights.
—Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Our fallen heroes live on forever in us.
—Ashley Paul, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Their actions saved two of the family of four from Star who were in the truck, and the heroes were honored during an ISP ceremony on Friday.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2026
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Ella Gonzales
may 1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026
End the daily drawer dig Drawer organizers are the unsexy hero of busy weeknights.
—Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Our fallen heroes live on forever in us.
—Ashley Paul, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Their actions saved two of the family of four from Star who were in the truck, and the heroes were honored during an ISP ceremony on Friday.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero
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Wearing number 12 as a direct tribute to his idol doesn’t hurt the parallel, either.—
Taylor Stoddard,
Robb Report,
6 May 2026
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Turning against the influence of Martin Heidegger, then the idol of German philosophy despite his collaboration with the Nazi regime, the young Habermas found a mentor in Theodor Adorno, a radical social critic who spent the Nazi period in exile.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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According to Defence Post, the submarine’s propulsion system combines a hybrid lithium-ion and diesel engine with an electric propeller.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
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Now, offshore wind developers, submarine cable companies and defense contractors are pouring money into high‑resolution seafloor mapping.—
Natalie Sum Yue Chung,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Shell, YTD Shell reports earnings this Thursday, May 7th.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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Its subject is a fading icon of American culture.—
Time,
Time,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The image doesn’t mean the basketball gods have already penciled Dybantsa into Brooklyn’s future.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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For years, visitors to Edouard Duval-Carrié’s Little Haiti studio would find among his glittery and translucent historical figures and Vodou gods a story the artist could not shrug.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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