hero
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A hero of the Civil War dies, and a martyr is born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Bagayoko, 53, has repeatedly stepped into the front lines of the student protests that have swept French schools this month, becoming a hero of the movement and a lightning rod for its critics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In later life, Archer insisted that his father William, who was some 40 years older than his mother, was a decorated hero of the First World War.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
That hero officially takes flight in Sunday’s “Lanterns” finale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
But I guess your hero wouldn’t bounce as much as Selkie!
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
To all the moms and dads volunteering, you’re the unsung heroes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
It shows us that ours is the inheritance of great heroes, and that we should be proud—that we should be intensely proud—of where we come from.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Both shows’ white heroes understand that racism, and specifically Nazism, is bad.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
The former Raith Rovers and Hibernian forward was one of the main Scotland heroes in Skopje after sending a deliciously whipped finish into the net in the 2-0 win over North Macedonia.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
These secret warriors often wore the clothes of ordinary men and women, deliberately blending into crowds and shunning the attention showered on the heroes of other wars.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
“Your life will be a story. It will be your story, with its highs and lows, its heros and villains, its forks in the road that mean everything.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023
To mix it up, leftovers can easily be made into meatball heros.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2021
I’m sure the jobless, teachers, medical heros and first responders can sleep well tonight knowing these two gentlemen can survive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2020
It is completely self-serving for the author to portray himself or herself, along with fellow resistors, as heros.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
Daughter of Courage, mother of heros, Freedom divine.
From Anthology of Massachusetts Poets by William Stanley Braithwaite
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