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This novel rocks just as hard as its heroine, Opal, a badass Black singer in the ‘60s and ‘70s made in the image of icons like Grace Jones and Betty Davis.
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Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Fuchs is known for writing big-budget fare with heroic journeys, with his credits including the aforementioned Wonder Woman, the first live-action solo take on the heroine that starred Gal Gadot.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
After starring in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror film Alien in 1979, Weaver returned as the big-screen heroine in James Cameron's sci-fi action follow-up Aliens in 1986.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
On the wall, portrait of a heroine For the hour-long interview − the first with a print news outlet about her book − Barrett sat at a small round table in the Lawyer's Lounge, a room down the hall from the Supreme Court chamber where lawyers waiting to argue cases can gather.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Fuchs is known for writing big-budget fare with heroic journeys, with his credits including the aforementioned Wonder Woman, the first live-action solo take on the heroine that starred Gal Gadot.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
After starring in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror film Alien in 1979, Weaver returned as the big-screen heroine in James Cameron's sci-fi action follow-up Aliens in 1986.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
On the wall, portrait of a heroine For the hour-long interview − the first with a print news outlet about her book − Barrett sat at a small round table in the Lawyer's Lounge, a room down the hall from the Supreme Court chamber where lawyers waiting to argue cases can gather.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroine
hero
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On top of all this, Conrad is hardly the hero the internet has hailed him to be.—
Olivia Petter,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Bengals won 31-27 and Browning, despite throwing three interceptions, was the hero.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Heroine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroine. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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