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Bernadine’s strain of Black feminine righteous indignation and disappointment was also distinct from the often comical ferocity of the Blaxploitation heroine.
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Niela Orr, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The cat is mistress and heroine of the story; while Colette shows little respect for Alain or Camille, Saha is obviously worthy of authorial admiration.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
In her first adult mystery-thriller, YA darling Holly Jackson assembles a scenario in which a desperate heroine must solve her own murder.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Top 5 Can’t Miss Stroll through the cobblestone streets of the charming Città Antica and visit the Casa di Giulietta, home to Shakespeare’s most legendary heroine.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025
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hero
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Everyone needs a Scott Boland, the unsung hero of Australia’s 2025-26 Ashes win.—
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Sure, playing Kingo, the buff immortal hero moonlighting as a Bollywood star in 2021’s Eternals — the first South Asian superhero in a Marvel movie, by the way — required a (now-viral) physical transformation.—
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“Heroine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroine. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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