heroic effort

collocation in English

meaningsofheroicandeffort

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heroic
adjective
uk
/hɪˈrəʊ.ɪk/us
/hɪˈroʊ.ɪk/
very brave ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofheroicandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He has asked this nation to make a trulyheroiceffortand to face sacrifices which no other country has been prepared to face.
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Without that facility the mostheroiceffortof its workers will not enable it to stay in the competitive race for much longer.
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Theheroiceffortand austerity which all the country had to endure, the build-up of exports, the rebuilding of industrial equipment, was all finished.
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That was aheroiceffortand display of heroic statesmanship.
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It was aheroiceffortand will give untold comfort and encouragement far and wide.
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If civilisation is to be saved, aheroiceffortmust now be made, to use a colloquial term, to get a "show down" in the next few weeks.
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Today, theheroiceffortcontinues and the death toll rises.
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Despite hours ofheroiceffort, 11 of 18 boats were unable to breach the unexpectedly strong surf.
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For 36 hours the 596th continued thisheroiceffort.
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It took several days ofheroiceffortby rescue teams to reach the entombed men and boys - all to no avail all were dead.
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The vivid description of the surrounding chaos makes the heroic efforts of these individuals who rescued the imperial documents even more compelling.
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The movie was all about the heroic efforts of the parents to go around this obstinate doctor and get their child started on treatment.
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She receives little praise and few rewards, and eventually her heroic efforts are extinguished from lack of reinforcement.
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Newspaper accounts reported that his death was the result of aheroiceffortto save the girl, while a coroner's inquest determined his death was an accident.
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Krystyna asked nothing in return for herheroiceffort, stating that helping others was her moral obligation as a human being.
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The number of people employed in agriculture decreased while the country made aheroiceffortto revive its stake in the highly competitive shipping and trade business.
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Aheroiceffortwith five straight wins at the end of the season earned a mid table finishing (7th, later amended to 8th), but in the end effort proved futile.
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Blogg had led his men for nearly 24 hours ofheroiceffort.
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On the other hand, a stronger thesis seems clearly false despite heroic efforts by its few advocates to revive it with different justifications (initially only unconvincing purported examples) each time.
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In fact, it was only the heroic efforts of the fire brigade, and my own staff, that managed to stop the destruction spreading further.
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