unsung

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BBC Newsbeat's been speaking to body doubles - the unsung heroes who helped to bring director Fennell's interpretation of Emily Brontë's classic novel to life - to find out how it was done.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Tartines are the unsung heroes of party food.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

Melissa McCarthy is an everywoman intelligence agent who chooses to go into the field for the first time in this strangely unsung hero of modern comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

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

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Other riders Sansa did not know; hedge knights from the Fingers and Highgarden and the mountains of Dome, unsung freeriders and new-made squires, the younger sons of high lords and the heirs of lesser houses.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin