Example Sentences

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Paris prepared a hero's welcome for Paris Saint-Germain players who won their second consecutive Champions League title with celebrations planned in the capital under heavy security after a night of revelry marred by unrest.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

His hero’s journey now includes a side quest fighting the world’s richest man in an existential battle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Despite medics thinking the 56-year-old would almost certainly die, she left Ward 9 at Moseley Hall in Birmingham on Wednesday, receiving a hero's welcome from her family in Penn, on the Wolverhampton/Staffordshire border.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The car — first introduced in 1964 at the New York World’s Fair as a sporty, compact coupe with just a little bit of an edge — is given a hero’s treatment.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

They’d come up with everything together—their hero’s name, his costume, even his secret star, which was the source of his amazing powers.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis