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Meanings of heroes in English

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Usage of heroes in English
1
It's been a good year for guitar heroes, of a particular kind.
Radio NZ
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Young people with unstable minds create false heroes for themselves, he said.
Reuters
3
I'm talking about the heroes of our law enforcement and armed services.
Reuters
4
No; I admit the honesty of the heroes and madmen of history.
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation
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Today, the men who survived those 68 days of entombment are heroes.
The Guardian
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Father says that the mothers are the real heroes in the world.
Friends and Helpers
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The most renowned heroes of the age took part in the expedition.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
8
On the graves of the Black Watch heroes the sun never sets.
Football Days / Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the B...
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And the ubiquity of US culture often leaves more local heroes sidelined.
The Guardian
10
Your job is to create new heroes to take up the mantle.
Masked
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These days, he said, movies have forgotten what heroes are all about.
Dark rivers of the heart
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The heroes were really heroes; and the villains were nothing but villains.
The Crimes of England
13
Europe has few contemporary heroes, but Vaclav Havel is one of them.
The Irish Times
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These brave men - African heroes - were tortured in police custody.
The Irish Times
15
Military dictators come and go, but folk heroes never outstay their welcome.
The Irish Times
16
Plenty of time to catch up with the heroes: plenty of time.
Complete Books of Blood
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