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Recent Examples of soap opera
Its daytime television soap operas and its prime-time dramas are templates of American originals.
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Jonny Steinberg, Time, 22 May 2025
Burton has played the mob boss Jason Morgan on the soap opera on and off since 1991, but briefly appeared as Drew Cain, Jason's identical twin, in photos and flashbacks from 2017-2019.
—EW.com, 19 May 2025
In her 2010 interview, Alexander looked back on the heady days of being a soap opera star.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2025
One thing is likely: This political soap opera is not over yet.
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—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Jonny Steinberg, Time, 22 May 2025
Burton has played the mob boss Jason Morgan on the soap opera on and off since 1991, but briefly appeared as Drew Cain, Jason's identical twin, in photos and flashbacks from 2017-2019.
—EW.com, 19 May 2025
In her 2010 interview, Alexander looked back on the heady days of being a soap opera star.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2025
One thing is likely: This political soap opera is not over yet.
Follow me on LinkedIn.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soap opera
Noun
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Cream Corn Shucking corn is one of the messiest kitchen tasks there is, nevertheless, Southerners persist, because cream corn is one of the most blissful summer dishes.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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Down three, the Yankees rallied with a pair of two-out two-run homers into the corn from Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Reichardt’s previous films, such as her retro Westerns Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow, have tended towards sludge and shadows, but her competition closer opens with the golden leaves of a New England fall, slightly faded to the paler golds of an Ektachrome postcard of the era.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Add the bark powder, which turns into DMT-laden sludge.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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The farmers used to grow fonio, millet, and sorghum, but the French imported leftover broken rice from Indochina as the grain that Senegalese would eat, so that the farmers would not grow other grains.—
Osayi Endolyn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2025
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China also suspended imports of sorghum, poultry and bonemeal and placed 27 U.S. companies on a trade restriction list while also launching an antimonopoly investigation into DuPont China Group Co., according to The Associated Press.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Soap opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap%20opera. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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