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heroes

noun

plural of hero

as in idols

a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion fans of the sports hero didn't care what the facts were—in their minds, he was innocent of all criminal charges

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as in submarines

a large sandwich on a long split roll shared a foot-long meatball hero with his friend

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Recent Examples of heroes Reconcile the budget, be heroes to the people and go home proudly having stood up for public lands. —

Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026 Goliath to spotlight the heroes of the environmental justice movement – everyday people standing up to enormous odds. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026 For Gen Xers and boomers who came of age during the golden era of action heroes — when a single star could carry a film on charisma and physical prowess alone — Norris occupied a unique space. —

Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026 Fifty-five years on, plenty of Americans might look back on the eight burglars who broke into the FBI and exposed its campaign to suppress dissent as heroes. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026 With his roundhouse kicks, tough-guy one-liners and a formidable moral compass, Chuck Norris delivered kick-ass heroes for years on screens large and small, cementing himself in pop culture back in the 1980s. —

Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026 Similarly, historians no longer treat figures like Le Vacher de la Case as brave heroes who served as proof of European superiority and justified the colonization that followed their exploits. —

David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026 But Mark isn’t taking any more chances with the Sequids, and kills their leader, shocking his fellow heroes. —

Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised them as American heroes. —

Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026

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While every detail about the fictional K-pop groups’ lives was not 100 percent accurate — just ask BTS member Jungkook or any of the other K-pop idols who loved and dissected the film for fans — KPDH allowed those working behind-the-scenes in the space a moment in the spotlight.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Arguably television’s premier singing competition show, this cultural institution has given America many idols over its 24 seasons, including Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood — the latter of whom has returned as a judge.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026