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a large sandwich on a long split roll
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Recent Examples of hero
Tying back to the brand’s running roots, the spot also highlights Saucony’s hero products like the Elite 2, Ride Millenium, and Guide 18 sneakers.
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Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
This championship evening required multiple heroes.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Even literary heroes had been growing more submissive, Whyte claimed.
—David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Though Henry Cavill starred as the reluctant hero for the first three seasons, Netflix announced in October 2022 that Liam Hemsworth would take over the role.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
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Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
This championship evening required multiple heroes.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Even literary heroes had been growing more submissive, Whyte claimed.
—David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Though Henry Cavill starred as the reluctant hero for the first three seasons, Netflix announced in October 2022 that Liam Hemsworth would take over the role.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero
Noun
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Would Rizo have played his idol?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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She's hit a few career highlights already, like performing with her idol David Blaine and working with Complex to host her own YouTube show.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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They’re used in F-35 fighter jets, submarines, lasers, satellites, Tomahawk missiles and more, according to a 2025 research note from CSIS.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Australian personnel also will be required to take greater responsibility for conducting complex submarine maintenance on site, without the support of a tender ship, as was the case in the previous maintenance period, Australia's Defense Department said.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With the facial articulation of a silent film star crossed with the savagery of a post-Saw killer, Art went from underground curiosity to horror icon within a decade.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The couple — romantically linked since 2021 — dressed as art and fashion icons Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick, donning wigs and costumes reminiscent of their looks from the 1965 New York Film Festival.—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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They’re served topped in a number of ways, on a good bun and with fast-food fries that are actually golden brown instead of pale yellow, as the burger gods intended.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
22 Oct. 2025
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Game recognizes game, and Machado, 33, knows Pujols was a baseball god.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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