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a large sandwich on a long split roll
shared a foot-long meatball hero with his friend
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Recent Examples of hero
My belief in the camera as a hero feature is not abstract.
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Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Instead of acting all tough, Odenkirk channels the reluctant hero, who’d really rather not murder his new neighbors.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Our unnamed hero’s one-sided correspondence is exhausting, familiar, humiliating, and rewarding all at once.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Such a winner for me, this story focuses on a hero who joins a club of men who are reading romance novels to better understand their partners.
—Tessa Bailey, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Instead of acting all tough, Odenkirk channels the reluctant hero, who’d really rather not murder his new neighbors.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Our unnamed hero’s one-sided correspondence is exhausting, familiar, humiliating, and rewarding all at once.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Such a winner for me, this story focuses on a hero who joins a club of men who are reading romance novels to better understand their partners.
—Tessa Bailey, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hero
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero
Noun
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By enjoying the exciting spectacle, their fans have willingly become mindless followers—idol worshippers who are too misguided, and naive, to see they’re being led toward their own destruction.—
Yvonne Kim,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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The film covers the life of Mima, a J-Pop idol, who wants to move on to other things and have a more involved career in acting.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Strapping one into a fighter jet pulling 9g’s or a submarine under pressure has been unthinkable.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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One of the Norwegian military's photos—taken through a submarine periscope—shows a hit on the ship target.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many of the night’s attendees also were keen to meet Dolores Huerta, the 95-year-old icon who is known for her work in both the labor and feminist movements.—
Laurie Brookins,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Opendoor year-to-date stock chart.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For whatever reason, the weather gods were certainly smiling on Venice this year.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Temkin’s Olympus language includes an interpreter consisting of Greek gods, which must be asked to do things in the proper way.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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