heroism
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"It was really important for her to know that bravery and heroism started with her - when there wasn't anyone else there, and nobody was able to come to help her," her mum said.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
"I cannot wait" to bring "her fight, her love, her losses, her talent and her heroism to the big screen," the Grammy winner added.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Churchill, despite his wartime heroism, lost the premiership in the Labour landslide of 1945.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Iskander’s David is a young man whose youthful piety and heroism make him a sympathetic figure, notwithstanding the bag of cold cuts.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
On that day of our reunion, the world still didn't know of Oskar Schindler nor of his heroism during the Second World War.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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