hero
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One, Jakub Kulik, has been hailed as the hero of the drama.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
He becomes a national hero, and the separatism story become second page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The character, Ippolito said, is "such a hero to people" who have an almost "spiritual connection" to his story.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
But Iraola's players then capitulated amid a febrile atmosphere, as spirited hosts led by interim boss Dirk Kuyt - a Liverpool hero of years gone by - pulled off a shock Champions League comeback victory.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
So, is Alex Rover the author—or the hero?
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Too often for someone entrusted with such inside skinny, Woodward wants to find great men, heroes.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
"These resolutions tell every one of them that their service was a crime. Their service was not a crime. These are heroes," said Hegseth.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
On Sunday, the officers - both hailed as "true heroes" by the prime minister for preventing further deaths - emerged from comas.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Like the railroads, like the oil business, the Silicon Valley creators and innovators began as hoodie-wearing outsider heroes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
I thought about that day with Thomas, when we’d been staring at the portraits of space heroes and legends in the US Astronaut Hall of Fame.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
To mix it up, leftovers can easily be made into meatball heros.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2021
I’m sure the jobless, teachers, medical heros and first responders can sleep well tonight knowing these two gentlemen can survive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2020
It is completely self-serving for the author to portray himself or herself, along with fellow resistors, as heros.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
Not like some kind of muscular Jack Lemmon, but still, more accessible than other 'yuge' action heros.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
I always said that young man was 'un heros de romans!'
From John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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