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He left office in 2010 as a blue-collar hero who presided over a commodity-fueled economic boom that helped lift 30 million people out of poverty.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

The inspiring tale of a forgotten hero: In 1990, a single dad got fed up with the billboards for cigarettes targeting Chicago’s Black neighborhoods.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

In Mr. Scott’s telling, Truman is a scaled-down version of David McCullough’s everyman hero: a political pugilist who, despite inner doubts, never shirked the hard moral decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“The villain is always more compelling than the hero. The hero is perfectly upright. A good villain has many cracks, which is what makes him more human.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Going from this frightened angry person to being a spy, a hero.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

But “Secret Wars” gets its name from a couple of Marvel comic book storylines that involve various heroes being pitted against each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

But the music journalist persisted, disarming the musician by presenting him with some guitar picks that had belonged to Cliff Gallup, one of Beck’s early rockabilly heroes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

This year, the award-winning British birding podcast “Get Birding” welcomed a new host better known for portraying doomed heroes like Ned Stark in “Game of Thrones,” than for his knowledge of green woodpeckers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Not all heroes wear capes, but sometimes they are dressed for the moment.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

None of your heroes are here to save you this time.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

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

Every country has "heros" if you define "heros" as honorable people willing to treat others as they would want themselves and their family treated.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018

Price gives presentation on the World War II story “Wereth Eleven” and then he introduces the two World War II heros, Davison and McCue.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2016

In the same Odyssey, the name of "heros" is given to the herald Mulios as well as to the blind bard Demodokos.

From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich