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as in idols
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion
fans of the sports hero didn't care what the facts were—in their minds, he was innocent of all criminal charges
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as in submarines
a large sandwich on a long split roll
shared a foot-long meatball hero with his friend
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Recent Examples of heroes
The villain — who flew around inside a giant disco ball for no apparent reason — absorbed the Guardians’ powers and used them against the magical girl heroes.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Kerouac is now seen as a quintessentially American writer, mining the American truths of his time and place as his heroes Whitman, Mark Twain, and Thomas Wolfe had done.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
Randy was one of my heroes growing up.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Manny Machado was suddenly back on the field at Marlins Park, meeting his baseball heroes at the Miami club’s annual FanFest.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
In the bedroom, a huge pillowy invite to sleep longer than my schedule allowed, an old-school record player and books that spanned everything from Where The Crawdads Sing to decorative high-fashion coffee table heroes.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
There’s this Swedish actor, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, who was one of my heroes.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Finally, royal jelly—yet another one of nature’s anti-aging heroes—spurs the production of collagen, thus restoring a youthful bounce to aging skin.
—Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
While the public sees them as heroes, many are corrupt, reckless and dangerous behind the scenes.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Kerouac is now seen as a quintessentially American writer, mining the American truths of his time and place as his heroes Whitman, Mark Twain, and Thomas Wolfe had done.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
Randy was one of my heroes growing up.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Manny Machado was suddenly back on the field at Marlins Park, meeting his baseball heroes at the Miami club’s annual FanFest.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
In the bedroom, a huge pillowy invite to sleep longer than my schedule allowed, an old-school record player and books that spanned everything from Where The Crawdads Sing to decorative high-fashion coffee table heroes.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
There’s this Swedish actor, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, who was one of my heroes.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
Finally, royal jelly—yet another one of nature’s anti-aging heroes—spurs the production of collagen, thus restoring a youthful bounce to aging skin.
—Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
While the public sees them as heroes, many are corrupt, reckless and dangerous behind the scenes.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroes
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Expect to see surgeonfish, blue tang, moorish idols, plus whale shark and manta rays in the May-September rainy season.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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No wonder Trump, who wants to erect idols to himself like a Canaanite king, is so upset.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The drones are designed to perform autonomously or via remote control while doing such things as stalking submarines, spotting mines and serving as advance scouts for aircraft carriers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Apr. 2026
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At this point, there appears to be nothing impeding shipbuilding orders reaching Groton and work on the Virginia and Columbia submarines is expected to continue for decades.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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The murder case against Nick Reiner — who is charged with killing his parents, beloved Hollywood icons Rob and Michele Reiner — will not proceed until September.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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The room, packed with about 100 people, was filled with members of the publishing industry and icons of New York City’s cultural and literary circles.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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An impressive theater Each of the three stories of the West Theater was surrounded by 16 columns, between which statues of gods were displayed, often depicting scenes from Homer’s epics.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Empires before the Persians, like the Egyptians and the Assyrians, forced people to bow to their gods and adopt their ways.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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Released in 2022, the Historiques 222 is a glitzy, modern take on one of the Swiss watchmaker’s retro classics.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2026
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Regular-season games have turned into classics since then.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Heroes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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