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Recent Examples of heroine
All of which could have made her a comic-book heroine with a haunted underside, if the move had a haunted underside.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 June 2026
Larsen was great with kids, drawing one girl into her noir storytelling and making the kid the heroine, but then so were Young and Strange, dry observers and first-rate improvisors both.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
The series will also feature Wakanda and its heroine Shuri, plus X-Men such as Cyclops, Jean Grey and Storm.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
On top of doggedly tracking a serial killer whose murder spree started decades earlier, our shrewd heroine uncovers a tangled workplace conspiracy that's as sinister as her prime suspect's motives.
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Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 June 2026
Larsen was great with kids, drawing one girl into her noir storytelling and making the kid the heroine, but then so were Young and Strange, dry observers and first-rate improvisors both.
—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
The series will also feature Wakanda and its heroine Shuri, plus X-Men such as Cyclops, Jean Grey and Storm.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
On top of doggedly tracking a serial killer whose murder spree started decades earlier, our shrewd heroine uncovers a tangled workplace conspiracy that's as sinister as her prime suspect's motives.
—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroine
hero
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Colombian fans serenaded their heroes outside the Dalmar Hotel, the team hotel, in Fort Lauderdale Friday night.
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While younger generations were taught in school about the atrocities of the Holocaust, the book found that family lore continued to sanitize the past with grandparents often painted as heroes, rescuers or victims themselves.
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“Heroine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroine. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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