hero's welcome
Example Sentences
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Paris prepared a hero's welcome for Paris Saint-Germain players who won their second consecutive Champions League title with celebrations planned in the capital under heavy security after a night of revelry marred by unrest.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
"I'd happily walk around with you in sandals right now," she tells BBC Sport at her running club, where she has just been given a hero's welcome.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
When Khomeini returned from exile in Paris in February 1979, he received a hero’s welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
"It was so heart-warming," she said of the hero's welcome she received all week.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
Nico di Angelo came into Olympus to a hero’s welcome, his father right behind him, despite the feet that Hades was only supposed to visit Olympus on winter solstice.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
