unsung

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Tartines are the unsung heroes of party food.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

Jerome A. Cohen’s name should figure on every list of unsung American titans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

He also extended thanks to the "unsung heroes" of the industry - "the people who make tutorials on YouTube on how to make a game, because we had no idea how to make one before".

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Labor hoarding has been an unsung hero, keeping our economy at full employment.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

And much of that was thanks to cells from one woman, “an unsung heroine of medicine.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot