conquering hero

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You’d probably have to remove a limb or two from Brad Pitt’s Sonny Hayes to make it look like anyone but Brad Pitt has a chance to be the conquering hero here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Fifty-seven years after escaping the Nostromo, Ripley is found by a salvage crew and returns to Earth a conquering hero.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

He will gain a rapturous following this week, coming in as a redemptive and all conquering hero of Augusta.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

Wearing a plaid sports coat and self-assured grin, Andrew Friedman ascended the Dodger Stadium podium in February 2021 like a conquering hero, the reigning monarch of a Dodger-blue empire that finally captured baseball’s throne.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2023

Ptolemy returned to the capital as a conquering hero.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby