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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
That game was started by hometown hero Joe Musgrove, who wears No. 44 in Peavy’s honor.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
And then there's his older brother, perennial Golden State Warriors All-Star and Team USA hero Stephen Curry, a two-time NBA scoring champion and four-time NBA title winner.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
Jackie Robinson was the embodiment of an American hero.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Mar. 2025
For a generation of people who grew up in East Chicago, Bridgeman was a real-life hero.
—Michael Hutton, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
And then there's his older brother, perennial Golden State Warriors All-Star and Team USA hero Stephen Curry, a two-time NBA scoring champion and four-time NBA title winner.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
Jackie Robinson was the embodiment of an American hero.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Mar. 2025
For a generation of people who grew up in East Chicago, Bridgeman was a real-life hero.
—Michael Hutton, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero
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Take idols in Japan, for instance; they will be made up a certain way and told to do this or not do that.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Some idols have broken free from their labels for a greater share of independence and a little more breathing room.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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China has the largest navy in the world by hull count, with over 370 ships and submarines, including two aircraft carriers that are currently in service, with a third one being tested.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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The doc uncovers the harrowing 1942 incident in which an American submarine torpedoed a Japanese transport ship carrying over 1,800 British prisoners of war off the Chinese coast.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied parole for Yolanda Saldívar, the woman serving a life sentence for the 1995 murder of Tejano music icon Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Woods, the daughter of golf icon Tiger Woods, was a two-year captain and fortified the defense by moving from her customary outside back position to center back.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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The family film, co-starring Olivia Colman, Keegan-Michael Key and Hugh Grant as an Oompa-Loompa, centers on the early days of Willy Wonka and takes place long before a poor boy named Charlie Bucket wins a golden ticket to tour the world-famous and heavily guarded chocolate factory.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2024
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Sports is play Growing up as a poor boy in the Italian neighborhood of The Hill in St. Louis, Yogi played street hockey with newspapers taped to his shins and hit bottle caps with a broomstick.—
Stephen Borelli,
USA TODAY,
28 Aug. 2023
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Many gods at that time could be birds or could be a tiger or could be a dragon.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2025
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These deities were part of a local triad of gods in ancient Thebes (in present-day Luxor) that represented a family group.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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