heroic
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"It's fair to say his actions were heroic," San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said at a news conference on Monday.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
That symbolism has only become more visible in recent months amid renewed attention on gold Trump statues, AI-generated heroic imagery and other forms of highly stylized political branding circulating online.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
“The key question is whether investors will walk out confident that this can be achieved without heroic assumptions,” he wrote.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
After two bruising decades in the job market, we might see her actions as more foolish than heroic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Maybe she hadn’t wanted to get Aru’s hopes up that she could do something heroic.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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