heroes

Example Sentences

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Tyler Whitnall, managing director of the zoo, said: "Vultures are the unsung heroes of our planet's ecosystems, acting as nature's clean-up crew to keep environments safe and disease-free."

From BBC • May 8, 2026

How do you think about Eilish as compared with some of the heroes of the director’s other movies: Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in “Aliens,” for instance, or Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor in the “Terminator” films?

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

That’s after this year’s market heroes — chip stocks — helped drive new highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Twenty years ago, the grim and creatively valorous third season thrust the story’s human heroes into the role of insurgents.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

This book tells the real story of real people—all of them born in slavery’s shackles—who were considered the property of some American heroes.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis