hero
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One, Jakub Kulik, has been hailed as the hero of the drama.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
He becomes a national hero, and the separatism story become second page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Glenn was perhaps America’s last universally admired hero, the Marine fighter pilot who became the first American to orbit the Earth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
By the time Stewart’s final voyage with “Star Trek” debuted in 2020, Picard was less of a Starfleet hero than a wise man exhausted by politics and cruelty.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
“He’s the donkey patriarch, the people’s hero, a creature who casts a greater shadow than the divine Tianma horse, a sire to Pegasus, and a ruby-sweating god-beast!”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Tusk later named them as Senior Constable Jakub Kulik and Senior Constable Artur Morański - he said they "saved many lives" and called them "true heroes".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The entrance of the dingy space includes a display of “Faces of South Texas,” which includes Selena, Nolan Ryan, Tom Landry, and some war heroes.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
It refers to the mythical Slavic crone, Baba Yaga, who either gives heroes a boon or lures wayward children to a forest hut that moves around on bird legs.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
The podcast aims to offer a balm in anxious times, an hour of eavesdropping on Poehler and the famous friends, collaborators and personal heroes she’s amassed over more than 25 years in show business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
“I don’t know. Probably because they don’t think it’s important. It’s like they don’t want us to know we have heroes too. Negroes who were brave, and not scared.”
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
To mix it up, leftovers can easily be made into meatball heros.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2021
I’m sure the jobless, teachers, medical heros and first responders can sleep well tonight knowing these two gentlemen can survive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2020
It is completely self-serving for the author to portray himself or herself, along with fellow resistors, as heros.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
Sarah Weddington needs to be on this list of heros.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2017
Daughter of Courage, mother of heros, Freedom divine.
From Anthology of Massachusetts Poets by William Stanley Braithwaite
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