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An enthusiastic welcome for someone who has done something brave or praiseworthy.
‘he received a hero's welcome after flying his monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, from New York non-stop to Paris’
‘All arrived back to Tullow on Friday night to a hero's welcome and a huge celebration party in Mount Wolseley Hotel Golf and County Club.’
‘Despite his condition, he managed to make an appearance at the party for an hour and was given a hero's welcome.’
‘But ten hours and 54 minutes later she was getting a hero's welcome from locals at a beach near Calais, having swum a distance of more than 27 miles after being pushed about by tides.’
‘Following her victory in Athens, Robertson returned to a hero's welcome in Cowes and was treated to an open-top bus parade through the town.’
‘Fans of the Bradford Bulls turned out in their thousands yesterday to give the Super League champions a hero's welcome on the streets of Bradford.’
‘Two weeks later, after returning to a hero's welcome, MacArthur addressed a joint session of Congress and appealed for public support for his strategy.’
‘For some 15 minutes Fondmort was prevented from returning to his deserved hero's welcome in the winner's circle as his path was blocked as vets fought to resuscitate Poliantas.’
‘NBA star Vlade Divac receives a hero's welcome when he returns home to Serbia, drawing admiring crowds politicians can perhaps only dream about.’
‘Amid a frenzy of handshakes, nostalgic ‘what could have been’ looks and a posse of camera crews, William Hague yesterday returned to a hero's welcome in Blackpool.’
‘He got a hero's welcome from around 90 supporters from all over Ireland to welcome the one who took ‘a stand for the land’.’
‘Human rights groups and non-governmental organisations, swelled by crowds of local people, gathered at the city airport to give her a hero's welcome.’
‘Yet Russia was admitted as associate member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, where Putin received a hero's welcome.’
‘After receiving the Purple Heart, Eichelberger returned to a hero's welcome in his small hometown of Atchison, Kansas, a parade in his honor.’
‘Terry McAuliffe got a hero's welcome when he attended a gathering of New Jersey Democrats in Atlantic City on Friday.’
‘And in Ft. Hood, Texas today, nothing less than a hero's welcome would do for the troops who captured him.’
‘Racing superstar Jim Culloty came home to a hero's welcome at Killarney Races on Sunday but those that put their money on him on the day went home disappointed.’
‘Team GB's youngest Olympian in Athens can expect a hero's welcome when he walks out at the Reebok Stadium before Bolton's game against Manchester United on Saturday week.’
‘Hunzwi urged government supporters to flock to the airport to give their leader a hero's welcome after his trip to Cuba for a summit meeting of some of the world's poorest countries.’
‘Fans gave the Preston North End team a hero's welcome on their return to Deepdale after their defeat in the Championship play-off final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.’
‘Houllier, given a hero's welcome by the Anfield faithful as he took his place alongside assistant manager Phil Thompson, was only watching for seven minutes before his team took the lead.’