heroism
Example Sentences
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Extremely online observers came up with bizarre metaphors to characterize Anthropic’s heroism and pushed Claude to the top of the app-store charts over the weekend.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026
Sustainable gains on law and order are years away at best, despite the heroism of Harfuch’s Untouchables.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
Striving for heroism is a common expectation of ourselves and others in a decent society.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
They wanted no talk of the heroism or courage of their youth.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
But this girl with the long dreads revealed something else— that love could be soft and understanding; that, soft or hard, love was an act of heroism.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.