heroic
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It may dawn on you that this heroic artifact is a vulnerable, handmade thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Mr. Gude presents Eugene Debs as a man not without failings but ultimately heroic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In 1968 – a heroic precedent cited by every French protest movement – a student uprising was actually brought to an end by election.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The answer, in the end, was by breaking his lifelong conditioning, contradicting one of the main qualifications of heroic worthiness established by a council of powerful beings most people aren’t even aware exists.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
No one could ever even pretend to be half as heroic as Duke was.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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