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The Hunting Wives begins with a pretty basic soap opera premise: Sophie O’Neil (Brittany Snow) has just moved from Boston—sorry, Cambridge, where the show keeps reminding us Harvard is—to small-town Texas for her husband Graham’s (Evan Jonigkeit) new job.
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Judy Berman, Time, 21 July 2025
Her storied turn as Lisa, who was famously married eight times throughout the show, makes Fulton one of the longest-running soap opera actors in American television.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 July 2025
Before her soap opera fame, Fulton appeared in the 1960 drama film Girl of the Night, opposite Anne Francis.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
And the sweetness of the lyrics doesn’t even interrupt the soap opera.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 21 July 2025
Her storied turn as Lisa, who was famously married eight times throughout the show, makes Fulton one of the longest-running soap opera actors in American television.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 July 2025
Before her soap opera fame, Fulton appeared in the 1960 drama film Girl of the Night, opposite Anne Francis.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
And the sweetness of the lyrics doesn’t even interrupt the soap opera.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soap opera
Noun
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If there's a Southern sideboard in view, there's a casserole dish brimming with corn pudding on it.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
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Clancy’s kettle corn comes in pumpkin spice or maple flavors, retailing for $2.29 a bag.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But editorial indulgence has resulted in such a sludge of footnotes and block quotes that the eye must often dismount and continue on foot.—
Book Marks
August 7,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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Blood is a surprisingly complicated fluid, in part because the red blood cells in human blood can form long chains, giving it the consistency of sludge.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Soap opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap%20opera. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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