heroes
Example Sentences
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"Runner," an action comedy led by Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, debuted in fourth place, with the heroes fighting a cartel to get a sick young girl a lifesaving organ transplant.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the anniversary remains a special day to honor the memories of those who were killed and the heroes who risked, and often sacrificed, their lives to save others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“I was using Riefenstahl to point out, or so I thought, that these heroes and heroines were straight out of Nazi propaganda,” Verhoeven told The Guardian in 2018.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
The NHS "heroes" are "under attack", it says.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The next room we visited was the US Astronaut Hall of Fame, where I gawked at the portraits of space heroes and legends.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
