heroine

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Recent Examples of heroine Most of the peril comes with dangerous ship-wrecking moments, including one that implies the death of Moana's relative, while our heroine herself almost drowns on her first voyage from land. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026 Considering Ariana Madix’s Emmy breakthrough this year for hosting Love Island USA, the ceiling on spurned heroine Ciara Miller’s career prospects just got a lot higher. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 July 2026 All of the most iconic images from the first movie — a young Moana interacting with an ocean that parts to greet her as a friend, the heroine, older and wiser, gazing out onto the horizon wistfully from her docked raft — are meticulously redone. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 July 2026 The heroine’s eyes are filled with yearning, her eyelashes glistening and ever-so-perfectly clumped? Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for heroine
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hero
Noun
  • Adidas reportedly spent $67 million on its hero film, Backyard Legends, while Nike also splashed heavily on talent — Kim Kardashian, Kylian Mbappé, Central Cee, and LeBron James, among others — for its competing short, Rip the Script.
    Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 16 July 2026
  • But the version of the classical hero that the film conjures up nevertheless embodies the great preoccupation of Nolan’s filmography.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026

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“Heroine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroine. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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