folk hero
noun
: a person who is greatly admired by many people of a particular kind or in a particular place
He has become a folk hero in his home state because of the work he has done to help poor children.
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He's become enough of a folk hero that some businesses are comfortable associating with him — or at least, with the memes about him.
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Jason Lalljee, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
Aron, who has led the company through an epic series of ups and downs through a debt crisis, the catastrophe of Covid, the meme-stock and short-squeeze mania of 2020 and 2021, has largely been viewed as a folk hero.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Though many were aghast at the New York City killing, others are viewing Mangione as a folk hero, expressing their frustration with America's private healthcare industry.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The steady stream of details to emerge about Mangione’s personal experiences with the health insurance industry and his criticisms have led to a significant outpouring of support and Mangione being seen as a folk hero amid near-universal displeasure with expensive U.S. health care.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jason Lalljee, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
Aron, who has led the company through an epic series of ups and downs through a debt crisis, the catastrophe of Covid, the meme-stock and short-squeeze mania of 2020 and 2021, has largely been viewed as a folk hero.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Though many were aghast at the New York City killing, others are viewing Mangione as a folk hero, expressing their frustration with America's private healthcare industry.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The steady stream of details to emerge about Mangione’s personal experiences with the health insurance industry and his criticisms have led to a significant outpouring of support and Mangione being seen as a folk hero amid near-universal displeasure with expensive U.S. health care.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Folk hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20hero. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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