hero's welcome
Example Sentences
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Five of them, including Ghanbari, later changed their minds and returned home along with the rest of the team and were given a hero's welcome at a special ceremony in central Tehran on March 19.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Despite medics thinking the 56-year-old would almost certainly die, she left Ward 9 at Moseley Hall in Birmingham on Wednesday, receiving a hero's welcome from her family in Penn, on the Wolverhampton/Staffordshire border.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
When Khomeini returned from exile in Paris in February 1979, he received a hero’s welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Mainoo, who received a hero's welcome from fans when he came on as a substitute, had a request to leave Old Trafford on loan rejected in August and speculation continues over a potential January switch.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
Nico di Angelo came into Olympus to a hero’s welcome, his father right behind him, despite the feet that Hades was only supposed to visit Olympus on winter solstice.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
