avenger

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

A pair of abuelas named Dina and Mita go into avenger mode when a young guy grabs the last bag of Dinamita chips.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

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

So where does he get off to call me a public avenger and a sadist and everything?

From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose

Now, the avengers agreed, they were the “last bastion of defense” for the masses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025

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

And her protagonist Cassie, played by Carey Mulligan, would be the scariest of all avengers: A real woman.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2020

Cinema is full of stoic, gun-toting, “empowered” female avengers, but “that’s not how it works when women are angry and upset and traumatized,” she said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2020

Perhaps they had thrown her out to deflect the avengers.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston