hero
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It's a story that has long featured the New York property tycoon as the hero, with variations on him taking workers down to Ground Zero.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
John Lewis, the late Georgia congressman and hero of the civil rights movement, said voting is precious and “the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Italian fans, who usually support Ferrari, rose to acclaim their new hero after a sensational drive as he crossed the line to take the chequered flag.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Born in 1757, the Marquis de La Fayette was a French aristocrat and a democratic revolution’s most unlikely hero.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The gentle breeze jumped to a full-force gale, and Alex felt like the hero in a legend who let the winds escape from the bag they were trapped in.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
“I was using Riefenstahl to point out, or so I thought, that these heroes and heroines were straight out of Nazi propaganda,” Verhoeven told The Guardian in 2018.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
"So many of the heroes in our own lives don't have that big swashbuckling moment," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The NHS "heroes" are "under attack", it says.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The heroes for the Dodgers on Sunday needed no introduction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Hercules, the greatest of all heroes, was there; Orpheus, the master musician; Castor with his brother Pollux; Achilles’ father, Peleus; and many another.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
I love a side-dish-main-dish hybrid, and grain- and veggie-based one-dish recipes are Thanksgiving heros.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
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
Shaw posted a photo to Twitter of himself and student activist Emma González with the caption, “I met one of my heros today.”
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2018
The name of the locality itself was derived from this "heros eponymos."
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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