soap opera

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something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental the movie started out well, but quickly devolved into improbable soap opera

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Recent Examples on the Web From 1966 to 1968, Rowlands appeared on soap opera Peyton Place for seasons 3 and 4 as socialite Adrienne Van Leyden. Nicole Sperling, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024 This exhibition also provided an escape from this summer’s soap opera regarding Brandon Aiyuk’s contract impasse and potential trade. Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024 But the former soap opera actor’s TV-star charisma and the virtuoso chops of his band — including accordion player Egidio Cuadrado and Mayte Montero on the gaita, a flute-like instrument with the textural sensibility of Andean music — suddenly put the band’s fusion on the global map. Ernesto Lechner, Variety, 22 July 2024 From its 1997 launch until 2014, production of The View was held at ABC Television Studio 23 in New York City (at 320 West 66th Street, in the same building as the soap opera All My Children). Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soap opera 

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“Soap opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap%20opera. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.

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