unsung

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Tartines are the unsung heroes of party food.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

Labor hoarding has been an unsung hero, keeping our economy at full employment.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

These unsung heroes of AI, the ones actually transforming business processes and workforces, also happen to be the smallest, fastest and cheapest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Half the movie belongs to Landau as one of the unsung heroes of this album.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

And much of that was thanks to cells from one woman, “an unsung heroine of medicine.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot