heroine
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Eventually she started Go Gentle, but still, her heroine was a downer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Its second season begins with Anna Sawai’s heroine Cate Randa refusing to leave Russell’s retired U.S.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026
As Ellen Ripley, Sigourney Weaver meets the threat with grit and nerve in a situation where there is nowhere to go and no help coming, a performance that helped define the modern action heroine.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Fourth Wing introduces heroine Violet Sorrengail, a 20-year-old woman who is thrust into brutal training to become an elite dragon rider.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
The heroine was even more offensive than she had been in the circus musical.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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