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Recent Examples of soap opera
After that gritty, career-defining role, the Bronx native later found work on soap operas such as Guiding Light and One Life to Live.
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
The only shows running longer are daytime soap operas like General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, which both have more than 50 years under their belts and are still on air.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 10 Apr. 2026
Catherine O'Hara, who died suddenly in January, played matriarch Moira Rose, a flamboyant former soap opera star.
—Anthony Mason, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Prince Harry and Meghan and the Royal Rift The day will, of course, be about Phillips and Sperling and their union but needless to say many a royal wedding has been overshadowed by family drama in the past and there is the potential for this one to contain some elements of the royal soap opera.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
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Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
The only shows running longer are daytime soap operas like General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, which both have more than 50 years under their belts and are still on air.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 10 Apr. 2026
Catherine O'Hara, who died suddenly in January, played matriarch Moira Rose, a flamboyant former soap opera star.
—Anthony Mason, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Prince Harry and Meghan and the Royal Rift The day will, of course, be about Phillips and Sperling and their union but needless to say many a royal wedding has been overshadowed by family drama in the past and there is the potential for this one to contain some elements of the royal soap opera.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soap opera
Noun
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Crumbled sidewalks were replaced by planks that covered the sludge that concealed the ancient wood fretwork that buried the bones of the metropolis and its people.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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The second is a 100-day sludge line that will poison the reserves oil-hungry nations are racing to drain.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And the land has provided too, especially the summer corn and tomatoes growing in fertile farmlands on its eastern shore.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026
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The miso butter mac and cheese is a flavor bomb, with sautéed mushrooms and corn ($15).—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Soap opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap%20opera. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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