avenger
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In the aftermath of the crime, newly minted fans of Mangione quickly fitted the man with revolutionary trappings, enshrining him as an avenger of working-class power.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
In “Le Morte d’Arthur,” Thomas Malory brings an ancient world to life with the story of what happens when blind emotion overrides thought and vengeance becomes the ruin of the avenger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Constructed out of Japan’s postwar atomic-bomb trauma, the King of the Monsters has proven a remarkably malleable character, playing environmental protector or atomic avenger with equal aplomb.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 3, 2023
Hal Prince, in his original 1979 production, made Sweeney an avenger of Victorian era industrialization.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2023
Try as he would, Cluny could not evade the grim avenger with the sword.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
It’s training the next generation of crime avengers and crusaders to make America and the world a safer place!
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
The Black Panther Party co-founder was feared and hated by many Americans, and party members were dismissed as racist, gun-toting militants — Black avengers who believed violence was as American as cherry pie.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
That ambiguous DNA connects the gunslingers of classic westerns with the urban avengers of the 1970s and then with the sometimes antiheroic superheroes of our own time.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2021
And her protagonist Cassie, played by Carey Mulligan, would be the scariest of all avengers: A real woman.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2020
It was such a thrill to be one of the archangels, the avengers, the chosen few.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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