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Recent Examples of soapbox
The podium at Frisco City Hall became a soapbox for residents to speak about H-1B visas, immigration and belonging to a packed house Tuesday night.
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Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
As a child in Cincinnati, Fogarty tinkered with making model airplanes and soapbox racers.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2026
Omar, a congresswoman, has a soapbox more significant than most of us.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
What’s needed now is the will to step off our soapboxes and into the weeds of civic life.
—Big Think, 12 Nov. 2025
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Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
As a child in Cincinnati, Fogarty tinkered with making model airplanes and soapbox racers.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2026
Omar, a congresswoman, has a soapbox more significant than most of us.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
What’s needed now is the will to step off our soapboxes and into the weeds of civic life.
—Big Think, 12 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for soapbox
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soapbox
Noun
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On platforms like PredictIt, traders have overwhelmingly favored Fuller, with confidence hovering near certainty levels in recent days.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Like all the trillion-dollar platforms, Amazon can be a bit much, seeping into our lives.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Social media in particular has been a forum for changing views on the medicines’ safety and benefits.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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The prospect has been lighting up meteorology forums and bubbled into the mainstream consciousness this week with the release of an outlook by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts indicating that sea surface temperatures could exceed the seasonal average by 2 degrees Celsius.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Spanning both Coachella weekends, the four poolside shows blend electronic music with the venue's wave pool, lazy river and open-air amphitheater — creating a unique daytime oasis of surf, sound and hospitality.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Defense attorneys requested the change of venue to Tarrant County, arguing that Horner could not get a fair trial in Wise County.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Soapbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soapbox. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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