heroine
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The situation unraveled just as Paul was poised to make her debut as the heroine of the 22nd season of “The Bachelorette.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sarandon, who played the heroine Janet Weiss in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, praised Curry as "a funny, sexy, original".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Our titular heroine is only 13 years old when her escapade begins – a little more mature than most of the director’s protagonists, but still innocent enough not to be jaded.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Moana” became a box office hit, captivating audiences with catchy earworms from Lin-Manuel Miranda and a spunky young heroine who rejected the label of princess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
I fell asleep telling myself stories in which I was the heroine and Edmund the hero.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
“I was using Riefenstahl to point out, or so I thought, that these heroes and heroines were straight out of Nazi propaganda,” Verhoeven told The Guardian in 2018.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
I could easily hail “Howl’s Moving Castle” as a tribute to maturity, especially when placed against other Miyazaki stories starring young heroines setting out on adventures.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
What interests you about the struggles of your 20-something heroines?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
He’s a little too awful for me, but I do think we could use less sanitized heroes and heroines in modern love stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
It was a relief not to be writing out the she saids, or describing the weather or the onset of spring or her heroines face—beauty, she had discovered, occupied a narrow band.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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