unsung

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BBC Newsbeat's been speaking to body doubles - the unsung heroes who helped to bring director Fennell's interpretation of Emily Brontë's classic novel to life - to find out how it was done.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Tartines are the unsung heroes of party food.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

Jerome A. Cohen’s name should figure on every list of unsung American titans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Melissa McCarthy is an everywoman intelligence agent who chooses to go into the field for the first time in this strangely unsung hero of modern comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Its sparkling life faded into the horizon as it died away, unsung, unwept.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall