hero
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"Secretary-General Guterres is a true global hero," former US vice president Al Gore, himself a celebrated climate campaigner, told AFP in Antalya.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
When QPR visited West Ham in October, Pierce was the hero as he saved Jarrod Bowen's last-gasp penalty to deny the Hammers three points.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
One, Jakub Kulik, has been hailed as the hero of the drama.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
My hero, who I had put on a pedestal, was just a kid, just a human.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Jimmy Bozart, the hero paperboy, was back in college in upstate New York, driving a new Oldsmobile given to him as a reward by a wealthy citizen.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
"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
One of France's last Resistance heroes from World War Two has died at the age of 104.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The entrance of the dingy space includes a display of “Faces of South Texas,” which includes Selena, Nolan Ryan, Tom Landry, and some war heroes.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 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
“What’s the need for heroes if every citizen uses magic as well as you do?”
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
“Your life will be a story. It will be your story, with its highs and lows, its heros and villains, its forks in the road that mean everything.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 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
“I met one of my heros today,” Shaw tweeted with his picture with Emma Gonzalez.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 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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