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Recent Examples of hero
The Disney Destiny cruise ship, which debuts in November, carries a heroes and villains theme, and a complete villains land has been announced for Magic Kingdom theme park.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2025
The 2014 comic that provides the inspiration for the show put a lot of work into emphasizing Kamala Khan’s connection to her family and neighborhood, a trick lifted from Marvel’s very first lone teen hero, Spider-Man.
—Nola Pfau, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
The public halls all have soaring ceilings covered with original 16th-century frescos and are lined with stately marble busts of ancient Roman emperors and military heroes.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
New York Major League Baseball celebrates one of my biggest heroes on Tuesday.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2025
The 2014 comic that provides the inspiration for the show put a lot of work into emphasizing Kamala Khan’s connection to her family and neighborhood, a trick lifted from Marvel’s very first lone teen hero, Spider-Man.
—Nola Pfau, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
The public halls all have soaring ceilings covered with original 16th-century frescos and are lined with stately marble busts of ancient Roman emperors and military heroes.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
New York Major League Baseball celebrates one of my biggest heroes on Tuesday.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero
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The life of teen idol Bobby Darin In: Vietnam David Martin David Martin has been CBS News' national security correspondent, covering the Pentagon and the State Department, since 1993.—
David Martin,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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After independence, locals placed Hindu idols inside the mosque and became convinced that it had been built on the former site of a Hindu temple.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Currently, users can explore the shipwreck via submarine in Exploration mode.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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That position has not changed as China modernizes its nuclear forces; builds new ballistic missiles, submarines, and bombers; and acquires additional warheads.—
Rose Gottemoeller,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Apr. 2025
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The hip-hop icon, 53, shared a photo of himself and longtime wife Shante Broadus on Instagram.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Its significance is up there with the deaths of icons like Nelson Mandela or a British monarch.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Apr. 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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The elegant, multi-tiered Hawaiian Hall has exhibits about Hawaiian gods, legends and beliefs.—
Ben Davidson,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos was said to have guarded the island of Crete, off the coast of Greece.—
Sofia Giannuzzi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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