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a large sandwich on a long split roll
shared a foot-long meatball hero with his friend
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Recent Examples of hero
Best Amazon Prime Day Travel Accessory Deals Travel accessories are the real heroes of any trip, and will get you through long flights, cramped hotel rooms, and more.
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Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2025
People in the medical community are heroes right now.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 11 July 2025
Mayor Bass is viewed as a hero in immigrant-dense Los Angeles and other major cities.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Bruce Willis is the train-wreck survivor turned reluctant, quasi-immortal hero, while Samuel L. Jackson stuns as the totally breakable bad-guy mastermind.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2025
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Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2025
People in the medical community are heroes right now.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 11 July 2025
Mayor Bass is viewed as a hero in immigrant-dense Los Angeles and other major cities.
—Matt Klink, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Bruce Willis is the train-wreck survivor turned reluctant, quasi-immortal hero, while Samuel L. Jackson stuns as the totally breakable bad-guy mastermind.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hero
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero
Noun
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Before rock 'n' roll gave teenagers their own soundtrack, Frank Sinatra set the template as America's first true teen idol.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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Bobby Sherman, a singer, actor and teen idol of the late 1960s/early 1970s, died on June 24.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Workouts seem to be a key opsec failure point: Strava heatmaps have previously revealed the location of secret US military installations in Afghanistan, French nuclear submarine bases, and the locations of the Russian, French, and US presidents.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
10 July 2025
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Mbatha-Raw stars as Commander Katherine Decker, second-in-command on the USS Kansas, a nuclear submarine and one of the deadliest weapons on Earth.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Country music icon Keith Urban appeared to abruptly hang up on radio hosts during an interview after being asked a question about wife Nicole Kidman.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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Wintour stood apart as a true icon — the ultimate curator not only of style, but of her own myth.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Vogue’s Favorite Matching Sets: Luckily the retail gods are on our side this summer–the (virtual) shelves are packed with sets of all shapes and sizes.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
4 July 2025
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The Dalai Lama himself is believed by his followers to be an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddhist god of compassion.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
2 July 2025
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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