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
Five of them, including Ghanbari, later changed their minds and returned home along with the rest of the team and were given a hero's welcome at a special ceremony in central Tehran on March 19.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Despite medics thinking the 56-year-old would almost certainly die, she left Ward 9 at Moseley Hall in Birmingham on Wednesday, receiving a hero's welcome from her family in Penn, on the Wolverhampton/Staffordshire border.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 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
When she returned, she got a hero’s welcome.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
